Discoverer of radioactivity, Marie ... (5)

I believe the answer is:

curie

(Other definitions for curie that I've seen before include "One of two Nobel prizewinners" , "Unit of radioactivity" , "Marie -, Fr. physicist" , "Marie --, French physicist" , "Some radiation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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