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The Story Of The Radium Girls And Their Decades-Long Fight For Justice
The only stable isotope of radium is radium-226, which has a half-life of 1,600 years. For as long as it lasts, any sample of ...
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Why Marie Curie’s coffin lined with lead and still remains radioactive even after 100 years
Her preserved radioactive personal items and the continued hazardous nature of radium-226 highlight the impact of her research and the risks she took. Marie Curie is renowned for her revolutionary ...
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Tollerton Airfield campaigners express concerns over 'radioactive' material where 1,600 homes could be built
Traces of radium-226 found in the ground required a two-year clean-up project at the site. Other examples include RAF Newton, RAF Carlisle and RAF Kinloss. While the potential for radioactively ...