Clarice PhelpsPurification of berkelium-249, used to confirm the discovery of element 117, tennessinetennessine. Tennessine is a radioactive metal and only a few atoms of it have ever been made. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) confirmed the discovery by scientists from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, USA, and ORNL. Tennessine was produced by bombarding atoms of berkelium-249 with ions of calcium-48.
The NASANASA plutionium-238 project, performing work on plutonium and neptunium.
Phelps joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as a nuclear operation technician in 2009. ORNL is a research laboratory managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy which is primarily a facility for open researchopen research with user facilities available to researchers from other national labs, academia and industry. Phelps is program manager for the nickel-63 and selenium-75 industrial use isotope programs. Phelps also performs research on separation and anaysis of of elements such as europium, samarium, actinium and lanthanum in the Medical, Industrial and Research Isotopes Group (MIRIG).
Purification of berkelium-249, used to confirm the discovery of element 117, tennessine. Tennessine is a radioactive metal and only a few atoms of it have ever been made. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) confirmed the discovery by scientists from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in DubnaDubna, Russia, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, USA, and ORNL. Tennessine was produced by bombarding atoms of berkelium-249 with ions of calcium-48.
Nia Imara is a John Harvard Distinguished Science Fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. She received her PhD in astrophysics from UC Berkeley and her BA from Kenyon College.
Nia's research involves studying the structure and evolution of stellar nurseries in both the Milky Way Galaxy and other galaxies. Her research bridges local and extragalactic star formation, as well as star formation in the cosmological context.
Clarice Phelps
Clarice Evone Phelps (née Salone) is an American chemist and researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She was part of the team involved with the discovery of element 117, Tennessine. She studies actinide and lanthanide separations for medical isotopes.
Clarice Phelps
Clarice Evone Phelps (née Salone) is an American chemist and researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She was part of the team involved with the discovery of element 117, Tennessine. She studies actinide and lanthanide separations for medical isotopes.