RESUME - BERNARD L. COHEN
Birth: June 14, 1924,
Pittsburgh, PA
Education:
B.S., Case-Western Reserve University,
1944
M.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1947
D.Sc., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1950
Employment:
Permanent Positions:
1950-58: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Group Leader for Cyclotron Research
1958-1994: University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Physics
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Adjunct Prof. Of Chemistry
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Adjunct Prof. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
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Adjunct Prof. of Radiation Health,Grad. School of Public Health
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Adjunct Prof. Of Environmental and Occupational Health, GSPH
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Director, Scaife Nuclear Laboratory (1965-78)
1994-present: University of Pittsburgh,
Professor-Emeritus
Temporary Positions (1-9 months):
1959-60: - General
Atomic Co., LaJolla, CA
1962: - Institute
for Defense Analysis, Washington, D.C.
1964: - Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
1965: - Brookhaven
National Laboratory
1969: - Los
Alamos Scientific Laboratory
1971: - Stanford
University
1974-75: - Institute
for Energy Analysis, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
1975: - Electric
Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA
1978-79: - Argonne
National Laboratory
AWARDS:
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Am. Physical Society Bonner Prize(Nuclear
Physics) - 1981
Am. Nuclear Society Public Information
Award - 1985
Health Physics Soc. Distinguished
Scientific Achievment Award -1992
Am. Nuclear Society Walter Zinn Award
(Advancement of Nuclear Power)- 1996
Am. Nuclear Soc. Special Award (Health
Effects of Radiation)-1996
Landauer Award (Health Physics Soc. -
N. California Section) - 1981
OFFICES:
Chairman, Am. Physical Society Div. of
Nuclear Physics - 1974-75
Chairman, Am. Nuclear Society Div.of
Environmental Sciences - 1980-81
National Council, Am. Assn. of Physics
Teachers - 1973-78
Chairman, Health Physics Soc.
Intersociety Liaison Com. - 1984-86
Chairman, Am. Physical Society Bonner
Prize Committee - 1982
President, Physical Society of
Pittsburgh - 1963-64
President, West PA Section, Am. Assn.
of Physics Teachers - 1969-70
NATIONAL COMMITTEES:
Am. Physical Society Panel on Public
Affairs - 1977-79
Am. Assn. of Physics Teachers Com. on
Science Education for the
Public
- 1977-79
ASTM Sub-Committee E-06.4109 on Radon
Infiltration into Buildings
ASTM Sub-Committee D-22.05 on Indoor
Air Quality
ASTM Sub-Committee E-10.04.43 on
Radiation Protection Cost-Benefit
Am. Physical Society Bonner Prize Com.
- 1970, 1976, 1982
Am. Phys. Soc. Div. of Nuclear Physics
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Executive Com. - 1970-73, 1973-76
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Com. on Economic Concerns (Chairman) - 1973-76
Am. Nuclear Soc. Div. of Environmental
Sciences
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Publications Com. - 1977-78
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Program Com. - 1978-79
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Executive Com. - 1979-82
Health Physics Society - Publications
Com. 1988-1991, 1994-1997
Health Physics Society - Committee on
Risk Assessment 1988-1994
Health Physics Society - Public
Information Committee 1991-1994
Royal Society of Canada Committee on
Health and Safety -1989
ADVISORY BOARDS:
American Council on Science and Health
Americans for Energy Independence
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
(CFACT)
BOOKS AUTHORED:
Heart of the Atom, Doubleday (1967)
-Translations in French, German, Italian, and Japanese
Concepts of Nuclear Physics,
McGraw-Hill (1971) -Translation in
Arabic, Republished by Tata McGraw-Hill
(India)
Nuclear Science and Society, Doubleday
(1974)
Before It's Too Late: A Scientist's
Case for Nuclear Power, Plenum
(1983)
- Translation in Turkish
Radon, Consumer Reports Books (1987),
Avon Books (1989)
The Nuclear Energy Option, Alternative
for the Nineties, Plenum
(1990)-Translations in Japanese and
Spanish
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
about 300 articles in Scientific
journals
about 80 articles in other journals and
books
SPEAKING ENGAGENENTS
-about 160 invited papers at scientific
meetings
-about 500 invited visiting talks at
universities, laboratories, etc.
-Invited talks in 47 U.S. States (+DC),
6 Canadian Provinces,
6 Australian states and territories, 7
Japanese prefectures,
24 other countries in Europe, Asia, and South
America
-about 50 television appearances, about
100 radio appearances
-TV appearances include shows with
Barbara Walters, William
Buckley, Charlie Rose, Geraldo Rivera, Rolanda
RESEARCH AREAS:
Health effects of radiation
Probabilistic risk assessment
Radon problems
Plutonium problems
Radioactive waste
Societal risks and risk aversion
Energy and the environment
Nuclear physics
"Theory of Natural Alpha Radioactivity," B. L. Cohen,
Phys. Rev., 80, 105L, 1950.
"(n,2n) and (n,p) Cross Sections," B. L. Cohen, Phys.
Rev., 81, 184, 1951.
"Angular Distributions from (alpha,n) and (d,n)
Reactions," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 81, 632, 1951.
"(d,n) Reactions with 15 MeV Deuterons. II Neutron Energy
Spectra and Yields," B. L. Cohen and C. E. Falk, Phys. Rev. 84, 173, 1951.
"High Energy Neutron Threshold Detectors," B. L. Cohen,
Nucleonics, 8, 2, 29, 1951.
"Angular Distribution of Deuterons from Be9(p,d)Be8," B.
L. Cohen, E. Newman, T. H. Handley, and A. Timnick, Phys. Rev., 90, 323, 1953.
"Gallium-64," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 91, 74, 1953.
"Theory of the Fixed Frequency Cyclotron," B. L. Cohen,
Rev. Sci. Instr., 24, 589, 1953.
"An Experimental Search for a Stable Dineutron," B. L.
Cohen and T. H. Handley, Phys-. Rev., 92, 101, 1953.
"The Statistical Theory of Nuclear Reactions," B. L.
Cohen, Phys. Rev., 92, 1245, 1953.
"Angular Distributions of 22-MeV Protons Elastically
Scattered by Various Elements," B. L. Cohen and R. V . Neidigh, Phys.
Rev., 93, 282, 1954.
"Experimental Studies of (p,t) Reactions," B. L. Cohen
and T. H. Handley, Phys. Rev., 93, 514, 1954.
"Measurement of Angular Distributions of Nuclear Reaction
Products with an Internal Cyclotron Beam," B. L. Cohen and R. V. Neidigh,
Rev. Sci. Instr., 25, 255, 1954.
"Potassium-44," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 94, 117, 1954.
"(p,pn) and (p,alpha n) Excitation Functions," B. L.
Cohen, E. Newman, R. A. Charpie, T. H. Handley, Phys. Rev., 94, 620, 1954.
"Angular Distributions of Fission Fragments from 22-MeV
Proton Induced Thorium Fission," B. L. Cohen, W. H. Jones, G. H.
McCormick, and B. L. Ferrell, Phys. Rev., 94, 625, 1954.
"Manganese-57," B. L. Cohen, R. A. Charpie, T. H.
Handley, and E. L. Olson, Phys.- Rev.-, 94, 953, 1954.
"Fission and Total Reaction Cross Sections for 22-MeV Protons
on Th232, U235, and U238 ," G. H. McCormick and B. L. Cohen, Phys.
Rev., 96, 722, 1954.
"Comparison of Nitrogen- and Proton-Induced Nuclear
Reactions," B. L. Cohen, H. L. Reynolds, and A. Zucker, Phys. Rev 96,
1617, 1954.
"Angular Distributions and Yields of Neutrons from (p,n)
Reactions," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 98, 49, 1955.
"Angular Distributions of Fission Fragments from 22-MeV
Proton-Induced Fission of U238,U235,U233,Th231" B. L. Cohen, B. L.
Ferrell-Bryan, D. J. Coombe, and M. K. Hullings, Phys. Rev., 98, 685, 1955.
"(p,pn) and (p,2n) Cross Sections in Medium Weight Elements
B. L. Cohen and E. Newman, Phys. Rev., 99, 718, 1955.
"(p,pn) + (p,2n) and (p,2p) Cross Sections in Medium Weight
Elements," B. L. Cohen, E. Newman, and T. H. Handley, Phys. Rev., 99, 723,
1955.
"(p,gamma) Cross Sections," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev.,
100, 206, 1955.
"Proton-Induced Reactions in Na23, A127, and Si29," B. L
Cohen, Phys. Rev., 102, 453, 1956.
Energy Distribution of Mass-97 Fission Fragments from Thermal
Neutron Fission of Uranium-235," B. Cohen,
A. Cohen, and C. Coley, Phys. Rev., 102, 1046, 1956.
"(p,He3) and (p,t) Cross Section Measurements," B.
Cohen, E. Newman, H. Blosser, G. McCormick, Jour. Inorg.
Nucl. Chem., 2, 269, 1956.
"Anomalous Inelastic Scattering of 23-MeV Protons by Heavy
Elements," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 105, 1549, 1957.
"Inelastic Proton Scattering and (p,d) Reactions in Heavy
Elements," B. L. Cohen and S. W. Mosko, Phys. Rev., 106, 995, 1957.
"Cyclotrons and Synchrocyclotrons," B. L. Cohen,
Handbuch der Physik, Bd44, Springer-Verlag, 1957.
"Coincidence Studies of the Ni 58(p,2p) Reaction," B. L.
Cohen, Phys- Rev., 108, 768, 1957.
"Equilibrium Charge of Fission Fragments in Gases," B.
Cohen, and C. Fulmer, Phys. Rev., 109, 94, 1958.
"Magnetic Analysis of the Long-Range Particles from
Fission," B. Cohen and C. Fulmer, Phys. Rev., 108, 270, 1958.
"Fission Fragment Mass Separator and Nuclear Charge
Distribution of Single Mass Fission Fragments," B. Cohen and C. Fulmer,
Nucl. Physics, 6, 547, 1958.
"Further Studies of Anomalous Inelastic Scattering," B.
L. Cohen and A. G. Rubin, Phys. Rev., 111, 1568, 1958.
"(p,alpha) Reactions in Heavy Elements," C. B. Fulmer
and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev, 112, 1672, 1958.
"Inelastic Proton Scattering in Medium-Weight
Elements,"B. L. Cohen and A. G. Rubin, Phys. Rev., 113, 579, 1959.
"Determination of Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms from Energy
Spectra of Emitted Particles," B. L. Cohen and A. G. Rubin, Phys. Rev.,
114, 1143, 1959.
"Resolution of Accelerator Magnetic Analyzing Systems,"
B. L. Cohen, Rev. Sci. Instr., 30, 415, 1959.
"Reaction Mechanism in Direct Interaction Inelastic
Scattering," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 116, 426, 1959.
"Geiger Counter Backgrounds," B. L. Cohen, Jour. Sci.
Instr., 37, 475, 1960.
"The Oak Ridge Isochronous Cyclotron," B. L. Cohen, H.
G. Blosser, E. D. Hudson, R. S. Lord and R. S. Bender, Nucl. Instr. Meth., 6,
105, 1960.
"Energy Spectra of Protons from (d,p) Reactions," B. L.
Cohen, J. B. Mead, R. E. Price, K. S. Quisenberry, and C. Martz, Phys. Rev.
118, 499, 1960.
"Preparation of Thin Targets from Powders," G. Fodor and
B. L. Cohen, Rev. Sci. Instr., 31, 73, 1960.
"Studies of Low Lying Levels in Even-even Nuclei with (d,p)
and (d,t) Reactions," B. L. Cohen and R. E. Price, Phys. Rev. 118, 499,
1960.
"Location of 3s1/2 Level in Various Nuclei," B. L. Cohen
and R. E. Price, Rucl. Phys., 17, 129, 1960.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Lead Region with (d,t)
Reactions," B. L. Cohen, S. Mayo, R. E. Price, Nucl. Phys. 20, 360, 1960.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Lead Region with (d,p)
Reactions," B. L. Cohen, R. E. Price, S. Mayo, Nucl. Phys. 20, 370, 1960.
"The Low Energy Protons Produced in the Deuteron Bombardment
of Nuclei," E. W. Hamburger, B. L. Cohen, R. E. Price, Phys. Rev., 121,
1143, 1961.
"The Preformation Factor in Emission of Complex Particles
from Nuclear Reactions," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 120, 925, 1960.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Tin Isotopes with (d,p) and
(d,t) Reactions," B. L. Cohen and R. E. Price, Phys. Rev. 121, 1441, 1961.
"Regularities of (d,alpha) Reactions in Heavy Elements,"
J. B. Mead and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev. Lett., 3, 105, 1960.
"Nuclear Reactions - Evaporation Model," B. L. Cohen,
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Physics, J. Thewles, Editor, Pergamon Press, 1961,
p. 858.
"Survey of Inelastic Scattering of Deuterons by Heavy
Elements," B. L. Cohen and R. E. Price, Phys. Rev., 123, 1961.
"Low Resolution Survey of (d,alpha) Reactions in Heavy Nuclei,"
J. B. Mead and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 125, 947, 1962.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Zirconium Region with
Stripping Reactions," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 125, 1358, 1962.
Location of Single Particle Levels in Medium Mass Nuclei," B.
L. Cohen, R. H. Fulmer, and A. L. McCarthy, Phys. Rev. 126, 698, 1962.
"Limitations of Accelerator Magnetic Analyzing Systems,"
B. L. Cohen, Rev. Sci. Instr., 33, 85, 1962.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Lead Region with Stripping
Reactions," P. Mukherjee and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev. 127, 1284, 1962.
"Spin-Orbit Splittings in Nuclear Shell Model," B. L.
Cohen, P. Mukherjee, R. H. Fulmer and A. L. McCarthy, Phys. Rev., 127, 1678,
1962.
"Neutron-Proton Interaction Between States of Same Orbital
Angular Momentum in Nuclear Shell Model," B. L. Cohen, Phys-Rev., 127,
597, 1963.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the 82-Neutron Region with
Stripping Reactions," R. H. Fulmer, A. L. McCarthy, and B. L. Cohen, Phys.
Rev., 128, 1302, 1962.
"Center of Mass Corrections in Nuclear Reaction
Experiments," H. Lorenzi and B. L. Cohen, Rev. Sci. Instr., 33, 278, 1962.
"Studies of 15 MeV Inelastic Deuteron Scattering," R. K.
Jolly, E. K. Lin, and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 128, 2292, 1962.
"Activation Cross Section Survey of Deuteron Induced
Reactions," N. Baron and B. L. Cohen, Phys.- Rev., 129, 2636, 1963.
"Location of Neutron Single Particle Levels from Stripping
Reactions," B. L. Cohen, R. H. Fulmer, A. L. McCarthy, P. Mukherjee, Rev.
Mod. Phys., 35, 332, 1963.
"Observations on Energies of Single Particle Neutron
States," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 130, 227, 1963.
"Nuclear Orbital Structure," B. L. Cohen, International
Sci. and Tech., November, 1963, p. 65.
"Angular Distribution from Elastic Scattering of 15 MeV
Deuterons," R. K. Jolly, E. K. Lin, and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 130,
2391, 1963.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Zirconium Isotopes with
(d,p) and (d,t) Reactions," B. L. Cohen, and 0. V. Chubinsky, Phys. Rev.,
131, 2184, 1963.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Zinc Isotopes with
Stripping Reactions," E. K. Lin and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev.,132, 2632,
1963.
Deuteron Stripping Studies in the Light Isotopes of Nickel,"
R. H. Fulmer, A. L. McCarthy, B. L. Cohen, and R. Middleton, Phys. Rev., 133,
B995, 1964.
"A Simple Treatment of Potential Barrier Penetration,"
B. L. Cohen, Am. Jour. Phys., 33, 97, 1965.
"Neutron Binding Energies in Heavy Nuclei," B. L. Cohen,
R. Pattell, A. Prakash, and E. J. Schneid, Phys. Rev., 135B, 383, 1964.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Molybdenum Isotopes with
(d,p) and (d,t) Reactions," S. A. Hjorth, B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 135B,
920, 1964.
"Isomers with Half Lives in the Range 5-1000 Microseconds
Observed in Pulsed 15 MeV Deuteron Beams," A. L. McCarthy, B. L. Cohen,
and L. H. Goldman, Phys. Rev., 137, B520, 1965.
"Spectroscopic Factors from Deuteron Stripping Reactions
Leading to Ground and First Excited States of Even-Even Spherical Nuclei,"
R. A. Sorenson, B. L. Cohen, and E. K. Lin, Phys. Rev. 142, 729, 1966.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Tin Isotopes with Stripping
Reactions," E. J. Schneid, A. Prakash, and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 156,
1316, 1967.
"High Resolution Study of the Fe54(t,p)Fe56 Reaction,"B.
L. Cohen and R. Middleton, Phys. Rev., 146, 748, 1966.
"Locations of Neutron Single Particle States," Am. Jour.
Physics, 33, 1011, 1965.
"Production of Carrier-Free Radioactive Isotopes with the
University of Pittsburgh Cyclotron," B. L. Cohen and A. J. Allen, Isotopes
and Radiation Technology, 3, 85, 1966.
"Inelastic Deuteron Scattering from Isotopes of Mo, Cd, Sn,
and Te," Y. S. Kim and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 142, 788, 1966.
"Nuclear Reactions," B. L. Cohen and D. Halliday,
Handbook of Physics, Edited by E. U. Condon and H. Odishaw, McGraw-Hill, 1967.
Heart of the Atom, B. L. Cohen, Science Study Series, Doubleday
Publishing Company, New York, 1967. Also translations in French, German,
Italian and Japanese.
"High Resolution Study of the Fe 56(t,p)Fe58 Reaction,"
B. L. Cohen, C. L. Fink, J. B. Moorhead, and R. A. Moyer, Phys. Rev., 157,
1033, 1967.
Nuclear Structure in Te127 from the Te126(d,p)Te127
Reaction," C. L. Fink, B. L. Cohen and S. Hinds, Phys. Rev. 157, 1114,
1967.
"Isobaric Analogue Resonances in the Scattering of Protons by
Cd114," E. W. Hamburger, J. Kremenek, B. L. Cohen, J. B. Moorhead, and C.
Shin, Phys. Rev., 162, 1148, 1967.
"Detection of the Singlet Deuteron(sd)and the Be9(p.sd)Be8
Reaction," B. L. Cohen, E. C. May and T. M. O'Keefe, P4s. Rev. Lett., 18,
962, 1967.
"Nuclear Structure Studies with (d,p) Reactions on Pd 106 and
Pd ," B. L. Cohen, J. B. Moorhead and R. A. Moyer, Phys. Rev. 161, 1257,
1967.
"Quantum Mechanical Treatment of the Hydrogen Atom without
Complex Mathematics," B. L. Cohen, Am. Jour. Physics, _35, 849, 1967.
"Isobaric Analog Resonances in Proton Scattering from
Sn116, Sn118, and Sn124, E. W. Hamburger, E. J. Schneid, and B. L.
Cohen, Phys. Rev., 161, 1208, 1967.
"Pulse Shapes in Surface Barrier Detectors," B. L. Cohen
and C. L. Fink, Nuclear Instr. and Meth., 57, 93, 1967.
"Deuteron Disintegration by Au, Rh, Cu, and C from 8 to 15
MeV," E. C. May, B. L. Cohen and T. M. O'Keefe, Phys. Rev., 164, 1253,
1967.
"High Resolution Studies of (d,p) Reactions on Cd114 and
In115" J. B. Moorhead, B. L. Cohen, and R. A. Moyer, Phys.
Rev., 165, 1287, 1968.
"The g7/2-h11/2 Anomaly in Stripping Studies Near A
~110," B. L. Cohen, J. B. Moorhead, L. H. Goldman, and R. C. Diehl, Phys.
Rev., 176, 1401, 1968.
"(p,p'n), (p,p'y) and (p,np') Reactions on Sn119 and
Ni61," B. L. Cohen, E. C. May, T. M. O'Keefe, C. L. Fink, and B. Rosner,
Phys. Rev. Lett., 21, 226, 1968.
"Similarity Between Neutron and Proton Single Particle States
At the Same Mass Number," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Lett., 27B, 271, 1968.