History: Physicist Frances Pleasonton Joined Early ORNL Studies of the Neutron
March 25, 2023
March 25, 2023
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 25 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
The old photos show her casually writing data in a logbook with stacks of lead bricks nearby, or sealing a vacuum chamber with a wrench. ORNL researcher Frances Pleasonton was instrumental in some of the earliest explorations of the properties of the neutron as the X-10 Site was finding its postwar footing as a research lab.
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The old photos show her casually writing data in a logbook with stacks of lead bricks nearby, or sealing a vacuum chamber with a wrench. ORNL researcher Frances Pleasonton was instrumental in some of the earliest explorations of the properties of the neutron as the X-10 Site was finding its postwar footing as a research lab.
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