French heritage campaigners soften stance against decision after meeting with ministers
The Pavillon des Sources, a vacant two-storey building that was used by Marie Skłodowska-Curie to prepare and store radioactive sources, is to be taken down and reassembled nearby to make way for a cancer biology lab, following a decision by culture minister Rachida Dati.
The decision, announced on 31 January, came after weeks of speculation. Dati’s predecessor Rima Abdul Malak had put a temporary preservation order on the site days before decontamination work was due to begin.