1 | So, you've got polonium or thorium sitting inside this leaded box with one opening. | |
2 | Madame Curie was the physicist with expertise in chemistry that, in 1898, discovered the radioactive substances of radium and polonium in Paris, France. | |
3 | In 1898 she discoveredthe first of these new redioactive minerals, which she named"polonium"in honour of her motherland - Poland, and on which she wrote a research paper. | |
4 | We begin in 1911, when the Nobel Committee announced that its Chemistry Prize would go to Madame Marie Curie for her work with radium and polonium. | |
5 | However, the HSE stressed that the tests for Polonium-210, which will be carried out by the RPII, are precautionary. |