Several links to the same video from NOVA Science Now to explain exactly what comprises an island of stability". The video is about 13 minutes long. [Several different links in case any single one is removed.]
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/stability-elements.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkV63_Y6Klw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woPx-Ex7H8A
Ok. Now you know what is meant by the concept of an "island of stability."
After reading this from wikipedia, do you think element 115 is an "island of stability'? Or should that assertion by Bob Lazar be overlooked or refined or ...?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ununpentium
"Ununpentium is the temporary name of a synthetic superheavy element in the periodic table that has the temporary symbol Uup and has the atomic number 115. It is an extremely radioactive element; its most stable known isotope, ununpentium-289, has a half-life of only 220 milliseconds.[5]"
I will grant that the answer isn't unambiguously in ... but it isn't looking good.
Was Bob Lazar confused? Inaccurate? Conveying simplified information? Or ...?
-- Lou Sheehan
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