'Hidden-Hero' Microbes In Soil, Water May Help Naturally Clean Toxic Sites

Buried under 243 acres in an East Tennessee valley adjacent to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Y-12 National Security Complex, toxic waste from weapons manufacturing at the facility between 1951 and 1983 leaches into groundwater that extends in radioactive plumes for miles from the contaminated site.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news88945784.html">'Hidden-Hero' Microbes In Soil, Water May Help Naturally Clean Toxic Sites</a></p> <p>Buried under 243 acres in an East Tennessee valley adjacent to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Y-12 National Security Complex, toxic waste from weapons manufacturing at the facility between 1951 and 1983 leaches into groundwater that extends in radioactive plumes for miles from the contaminated site.</p>