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Collection of Soil Samples
Initially two DOE sites will be used for study,
the Oak Ridge NABIR Field Research Center and the Pit 7 Complex
at Site 300 of LLNL. Both sites are well characterized and have
uranium as a principal contaminant of concern. The Oak Ridge site
has high concentrations of uranium, low pH, and high nitrate. The
LLNL site has much lower concentrations of uranium, neutral pH,
and low nitrate. Samples can be obtained from Oak Ridge via the
NABIR Field Research Center and from the LLNL site restoration
manager. The three Core Groups also have access to several Office
of Environmental Management funded projects at metal and radionuclide
contaminated sites at Savannah River, Hanford, and INEEL, which
could be sources for samples for later studies.
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