Building used by Marie Curie that was slated for demolition receives eleventh hour reprieve

Plans to demolish the building in which Marie Skłodowska-Curie – and her colleagues – prepared and stored radioactive material have been suspended after a last-minute intervention by the French Ministry of Culture.

The Pavillon des Sources, in central Paris, was set to be decontaminated and then demolished as part of a development project by the Curie Institute, which is responsible for managing the site.