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bient temperatures using this method. An example of this type of sensor is the TCE chemical fiber-optic sensor. This sensor is selective for TCE and can detect this compound at levels below the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) groundwater standards.

Accomplishments

The system has been successfully demonstrated and has been li-
censed to industry for monitoring use and other applications.

Collaboration/Technology Transfer

This technology was developed jointly by LLNL, Westinghouse

Savannah River Company, and Burge and Associates. The tech-
nology is non-exclusively licensed to Burge and Associates and Purus, Inc. Other corporations have expressed interest in licens-
ing the technology.

For further information, please contact:

Fred Milanovich
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(510) 422-6338

Ann Heywood
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(510) 422-8203