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May 5, 2008 Cover
Volume 86, Issue 18
COVER: As the availability of a permanent geologicrespository for nuclear waste slips further into the future,operators of nuclear power plants rely more on on-sitestorage of spent-fuel assemblies inside metal and concretecasks.
Volume 86, Issue 18
NUCLEAR WASTE CLEANUP
A long view of high-level radioactive waste raises ethical questions of intergenerational responsiblities
COVER: As the availability of a permanent geologicrespository for nuclear waste slips further into the future,operators of nuclear power plants rely more on on-sitestorage of spent-fuel assemblies inside metal and concretecasks.
Credit: Nuclear Energy Institute
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May 5, 2008 Issue
Volume 86, Issue 18
May 5, 2008 Issue, Vol. 86 | Iss. 18
A long view of high-level radioactive waste raises ethical questions of intergenerational responsiblities
(pp. 15-21)
Features
Business
Many contestants in C&EN's annual ranking of U.S.
company sales hold on to their positions (pp. 25-29)
company sales hold on to their positions (pp. 25-29)
Science & Technology
Vintage samples of the notorious alcoholic drink don't contain high levels of psychoactive compound (pp. 42-43)
News of the Week
Sugars Imaged In Live Animals
Technique is 'global positioning system' for tracking glycans in organisms
(p.8)Departments
Business
Many contestants in C&EN's annual ranking of U.S.
company sales hold on to their positions
(pp. 25-29)company sales hold on to their positions
English professor and scholar of 18th-century literature says business writing is all about clarity and precision
(p.31)Concentrates
(pp. 22-23)
(pp. 22-23)- EU Initiative Targets Pharma Competitiveness
- Occidental Goes Mercury-Free
- DSM Opens Plant For New Polymer
- Elementis Adds Coatings Resins
- AkzoNobel Rebrands AFTER ICI Buy
- Bayer Advances Natural Polyols
- Monsanto, Mendel Seek Biofuels Feedstocks
- Lockheed Funds Research At Rice
- Solvay Will Acquire Innogenetics
- BASF Sells Plant To India's Dr. Reddy's
- Novo Nordisk Donates Molecule Collection
- Pfizer, Universities Research Diabetes
- Yulex Gets FDA Nod For Rubber Gloves
- Business Roundup
ACS News
Action in New Orleans sets the stage for undergraduates to become voting members of ACS
(pp. 50-51)
ACS outreach program improves science education one child at a time
(pp. 52-54)
Government & Policy
A long view of high-level radioactive waste raises ethical questions of intergenerational responsiblities
(pp. 15-21)
Courts find string of Bush Administration's Clean Air Act rules unlawful
(pp. 34-37)
Science & Technology
Retractions set off controversy but seem unlikely to stymie progress in the field
(pp. 40-41)
Vintage samples of the notorious alcoholic drink don't contain high levels of psychoactive compound
(pp. 42-43)
Grad students produce high-profile symposium as part of an innovative education initiative
(pp. 44-45)
Specialized polymer is key to insulin-regulating device
(pp. 46-47)