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Full Containment Facility
 Full Containment Facility:
Scientists can easily custom-configure the laboratories because they
contain no fixed structures.
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The Full Containment Facility (FCF), located adjacent to the U.S. EPA's Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center, is a self-contained and environmentally isolated research facility designed for analytical and experimental research on highly toxic or hazardous materials. The FCF has one double and eight single laboratories with capacities to analyze and characterize unknown waste samples and for the conduction of laboratory-scale treatment and treatment-related research. Each laboratory is outfitted with standard exhaust hoods that contain air, water, and vacuum hook-ups and can be individually climate-controlled for temperature and humidity. Scientists can easily custom-configure the laboratories because they contain no fixed structures other than the exhaust hoods, sinks, and counter tops. On site are a nuclear magnetic resonator, large loading dock, sample storage rooms, office space, and an employee shower area.