Did you know that Marie Curie, who discovered polonium, died after working for many years with radioactive substances?
Information on polonium is not available as it is not separately identified in the overseas trade statistics.
What exactly is the mechanism of control for polonium 210 in this factory and in factories like it?
An extremely sophisticated control mechanism is operated by that plant to monitor polonium 210 and other emissions, such as lead and arsenic.
Average emissions of polonium-210 have been well below the authorised limit.
Polonium 210 has a very short half-life, and decays very quickly; the procedure can therefore contain most of it.
Half of the polonium decays every 138 days due to natural processes.
After very sophisticated laboratory tests, it was found to be polonium 210.
