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- noun physics A
radioactive isotope ofpolonium , 21084Po, having ahalf-life of 140 days; it as used as areference alpha emitter in thecalibration ofradiation counters
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Examples
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The ex-Russian spy was poisoned in 2006 with polonium-210 and on his deathbed accused ex-Russian President (and current Prime Minister/de-facto leader) Vladimir Putin as the culprit.
Director Mike Newell to Helm Film Based on True Story of Murdered Former-KGB Agent – Collider.com 2010
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Or it be a full investigation of the motives and identity of the party that sent the perpetrators on their mission with a vial of radioactive polonium-210?
'Purely Criminal, State-Sponsored' Alex Goldfarb 2011
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Mr. Litvinenko was killed in November 2006 with a lethal dose of the rare radioactive isotope polonium-210 that was slipped into his tea as he met with former KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi in a London hotel.
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Mr. Litvinenko was killed in November 2006 with a lethal dose of the rare radioactive isotope polonium-210 that was slipped into his tea as he met with former KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi in a London hotel.
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The killers inserted a highly toxic radioactive compound, polonium-210, into his tea.
Thor Halvorssen: Moscow's Shadow War -- Playing Today in Poland 2010
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Mr. Litvinenko was killed in November 2006 with a lethal dose of the rare radioactive isotope polonium-210 that was slipped into his tea as he met with former KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi in a London hotel.
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The former KGB agent died in hospital after being poisoned by radioactive polonium-210 in 2006.
'British spy' found dead identified as Foreign Office worker 2010
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Mike Newell is set to direct a film about the former Russian KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko who was poisoned and murdered in London by the use of polonium-210.
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British cuisine may have an unsavory reputation, but no one in their right mind assumes that polonium-210 has become a staple at London restaurants.
Boing Boing 2007
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He may be the same person who served Litvinenko [polonium-210 laced] tea in the London hotel room.
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