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Staff of the National Nuclear Data Center have produced various publications or Web sites of historical interest. These are:

http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/csewg/csewg-symposium/ CSEWG Symposium: A CSEWG Retrospective. (BNL-52675)

On November 5, 2001, a symposium was held at Brookhaven National Laboratory to celebrate the 50th meeting of the Cross Section Evaluation Working Group (CSEWG) and the 35th anniversary of its first meeting in November 1966. The papers presented in this volume were prepared by present and former CSEWG members for presentation at the symposium.

http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nndc/history/origindc.pdf History of the Origin of the Chemical Elements and Their Discoverers. Norman E. Holden, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000 USA (BNL-NCS-68350-01/10-REV)

This report describes the origins of the chemical elements and their names and information on their discoverers or isolators. It also briefly outlines how the names of the chemical elements are determined and some special difficulties or controversies in the naming.

http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/history/ NNDC History Site

The National Nuclear Data Center celebrated its Golden Jubilee on November 4, 2002. This site is dedicated to preserving the history of the Center.