Update on the Situation on Nuclear Physics News

1. UpdateontheSituationon Nuclear PhysicsNews Milan Meeting 10 ofMarch 2012 María José Gª Borge on behalf of the Nuclear Physics Community

2. News @ the editorial Board NewNuPECCRepresentativesat the Editorial Board Previously: Tullio Bressani, Torino, since 2007 Hans Ströher, Jülich, since 2005 NewNuPECCrepresentaives: AriJokinen, Jyväskylä Eugenio Nappi, Bari PresentComposition RickCasten, Yale < 2002- Ari Jokinen, Jyväskylä, 2012- Reiner Krücken, Vancouver, 2011- Jan Kvasil, Pragueand EPS/NPB, 2007- Douglas McGregor, Glasgow and EPS/NPB, 2010- Eugeni Nappi, Bari, 2011- HideyukiSakai, Tokyo, 2011- James Symons, Berkeley , 2006- Marcel Toulemonde, Caen, 2010- Maria J. G. Borge, Chair, 2011- Editor: Sissy Körner

3. Role ofCorrespondents • The editorial board of the Nuclear Physics News (NPN) has decided to enhance the roll of the NuPECC members and use them together with the editorial board members as the main representatives to channel the proposal of feature articles or any other type of contribution to the NPN magazine. • Therefore the roll of the correspondent will henceforth be reserved for the countries that have no representative on any of the two boards.

4. Contentsof NPN Volume 22 (alreadyreceived–letter has beensent) Vol. 22 No. 2: March 23, 2012 Vol. 22 No. 3: June 22, 2012) • EDITORIALS: S. Seestrom(EB contact: M. Borge) E. Moniz, E. Umbach, N.N. (EB contact: J. Symons, R. Casten, H. Sakai) “Fukushimaandthefutureof nuclear energy” S. Galés about NUPNET A. Richter impactof ECT* • LABORATORY PORTRAIT: LNS by M. Lattuada(EB contact: A. Bracco) LIBRA by S. Harissopulos(EB contact: M. Borge) SNOlab by N.Smith (EB contact: J. Symons) HIRFL and CSR facilities, InstituteofModernPhysics Low energyradiaoctivebeamfrom CIAE at Beijing

5. CONFERENCE REPORTS / News & Views CONFERENCE REPORTS PROCON11 by B. Blank (EB contact: M. Borge) Quito by R. Alarcon (EB contact: R. Casten) TransitionalNuclei by N. Pietralla/R. Clark (EB contact: R. Casten) ISPUN11 by D. Khoa (EB contact: H. Sakai) HYPER2012 by A. Ramos (EB contact: T. Bressani) CIPANP (EB contact: R. Krücken) DREB2012 (EB contact: M. Borge)

6. Impact & Applications • Next generation reactors by H. Flocard+ S. David (EB contact: M. Toulemonde) • Security applications by D. MacNabb (EB contact: J. Symons) • Radon (EB contact: M. Borge) • SPIRIT by W. Moeller (EB contact: G.-E. Körner) • Nuclear waste materials by R. Ewing (EB contact: M. Toulemonde) • Heavy ion channelling in bent crystals (EB contact: H. Ströher) • Isotope production by T. Ruth (EB contact: A. Shotter) • Production of diamonds for bremsstrahlung (EB contact: D. MacGregor) • EMIR by S. Bouffard (EB contact: M. Toulemonde) • AMS (EB contact: M. Toulemonde) • HIT by T. Haberer (EB contact: G.-E. Körner) • moltensalt reactor and ADS ?, Ma

7. Featurearticles: • μ-decay, CP violation by J.-M. Poutissou (EB contact: R. Krücken) • Chiralperturbationtheory by W. Weise (EB contact: P.-H. Heenen) • Baryon-baryoninteraction by lattice QCD by T. Hatsuda (EB contact: S. Nagamiya) • Nuclear physicsandgalacticevolution by T. Beers / H. Schatz (EB contact: R. Krücken) • p-processnucleosynthesis by S. Harissopulos / S. Goriely (EB contact: P.-H. Heenen) • Fundamental symmetry tests in mesondecay (EB contact: H. Ströher) • Nuclear astrophysicsunderground (EB contact: R. Krücken) • Beta-delayedfissionof180Hg by M. Huyse (EB contact: P.-H. Heenen) • Triaxiality by E.Moya de Guerra (EB contact: M. Borge) • Superheavyelements by Yu.Oganessian (EB contact: J. Symons) • Antimatterhypernuclei by Y.-G. Ma (EB contact: G.-E. Körner) • Neutron-richhypernuclei by T. Bressani (EB contact: T. Bressani) • Changes in shellstructure by T. Otsukaand A. Schwenk (EB contact: H. Sakai) • Changes in shellstructure by R. Janssens (EB contact: R. Casten) • Unboundnuclei by T. Aumann (EB contact: M. Borge) • "ObservationonAnti-matternucleifromheavy-ioncollisions” , Ma * Someonefrom RHIC • “Double Beta Decay Studies: Past, presentandFuture, F. Piquemal(EB contact: M. Borge) • “How elementRitherfordium-256 finnalyreleaseitssecrets 100 y afterRutherford’sdiscovery, (Propose by Christelle Roy)

8. Facilities & Methods • LHC by J. Engelen(EB contact: P.-H. Heenen) • Acceleration of beams with laser by D. Jaroscynski (EB contact: G. Rosner) • Nuclear physics @ SNS by G. Green (EB contact: J. Symons) • SPIRAL2 by M. Lewitowicz (EB contact: G.-E. Körner) • Digital electronics by R. Grzywacz(EB contact: B. Fulton) • FRIB by K. Gelbke (EB contact: R. Casten) • CARIBU by R. Janssens (EB contact: R. Casten) • High power computing by J. Wambach (EB contact: P.-H. Heenen) • Neutrino oscillations in China (EB contact: J. Kvasil) • Saraf by M. Hass (EB contact: D. MacGregor) • NuGRID by F. Erwick (EB contact: A. Shotter) • Boulby by A. Murphy (EB contact: D. MacGregor) • CHIMERA by A. Pagano (EB contact: T. Bressani) • ALICE by P. Giubellino (EB contact: J. Symons) • The Sparc Facility at Frascati (l. Serafini, contact E. Nappi) • Alto Facility: Status andFuturePlans, D. Verney (proposed by F. Azaiez) • ANDROMEDE: Thefuturenano-particleaccelerator at Orsay, S. Della-Negra (proposed by F. Azaiez) • P2IO: Physicsofthetwoinfinitiesandtheorigins’: theSaclay-Orsay Laboratoryofexcellence’, Ph. Chomaz, F. Azaiez