The recently discovered element 117 has been officially named "tennessine" in recognition of Tennessee’s contributions to its discovery, including the efforts of the Department of Energy's 91°µÍø and its Tennessee collaborators at Va
Susan Hogle has spent the last several years working to improve the production of radioisotopes, particularly californium-252.
Rose Boll had just stepped out of a long staff meeting at ORNL when she got an unexpected call.
The Department of Energy's 91°µÍø - home of one of only two reactor facilities in the world capable of producing californium-252 (Cf-252) - has begun implementing a new six-year contract between the DOE Isotope Program and industry t