Clarice Phelps | |
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Born | Clarice Evone Salone |
Education | Tennessee State University (BS, 2003) US Navy Nuclear Power School University of Texas at Austin (MS, 2020) |
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Institutions | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Military career | |
Service | United States Navy |
Unit | USS Ronald Reagan |
Clarice Evone Phelps (née Salone)[1] is an American nuclear chemist researching the processing of radioactive transuranic elements at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). She was part of ORNL's team that collaborated with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research to discover tennessine (element 117).[2] The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) recognizes her as the first African-American woman to be involved with the discovery of a chemical element.[2][3][4][5]
Phelps was formerly in the US Navy Nuclear Power Program. At ORNL, Phelps manages programs in the Department of Energy's Isotope & Fuel Cycle Technology Division[6] investigating industrial uses of nickel-63 and selenium-75.[7]
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