A nuclear chemist is a scientist who studies the properties and behavior of atoms and molecules that are radioactive or related to nuclear reactions. Full definition
Over Christmas vacation in 1938, physicists Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch received puzzling scientific news in a private letter from nuclear chemist Otto Hahn. (scientificamerican.com)
We put that question, among others, to nuclear chemist Dawn Shaughnessy of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, who was on the team credited with the find. (discovermagazine.com)
In 2007, a diverse group of 26 researchers, led by nuclear chemist Richard Firestone of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, formally proposed what is known as the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, in which one or more extraterrestrial bodies blew up over North America, leading to widespread wildfires and strewing sun - blocking dust and debris across the globe. (sciencemag.org)