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she was a assistant to Marie curie and the radium institute
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she was the Undersecretary of state for scientific research
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She researched on the effect of neutrons on the heavy elements that were discovered at that time which was a step towards the discovery of uranium
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Irene was the director at the Radium institute
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she took part in creating the first french atomic pile she worked on the plans for the atomic pile at large centre for nuclear physics at Orsay
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she was the director of the french atomic commission
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she was a professor at sorbornne