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None of the materials used in detectors are radioactive: the main reason for the underground laboratory is to create an environment free of the radiation that abounds on the Earth's surface. This radiation is due to cosmic rays and to natural radiation of the materials around us. In fact, most of the materials used underground will be carefully manufactured so that they are free of any trace activities. The environment inside the laboratory has to be as clean as possible.