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Cleaning Up Radioactively Contaminated Sites

This is an image of a construction crane, heaps of dirt and radiation symbol.

The following factsheets explain the ways the United States cleans up places with radioactive contamination. Some of these things will be found in other places you visit in your day-to-day life.

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