STUDY OF FUNDAMENTAL SYMMETRIES IN NUCLEI

Weak interactions in nuclei, with beta decays and muon capture reactio ns in particular, have been used, over the last forty years, as the un ique laboratory for studying fundamental symmetries. Upon surveying br iefly my past research efforts in relation to the hypothesis of conser ved vector currents (CVC), partially conserved axial currents (PCAC), and the absence of second-class currents, I wish to identify some uniq ue roles that weak interactions in nuclei are yet to play as we ventur e into the twenty-first century.