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For planetary protection, the Sample Receiving Facility is a high-containment facility for samples returned from another planetary body that might contain extraterrestrial organisms and is the location in which sample canisters are open and samples are identified and sorted. Then a fraction of the samples is submitted to the Biohazard Assessment Protocol either in this facility or in other adapted and dedicated facilities while the remaining part is safely stored.
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Conley, C.A. (2015). Sample Receiving Facility. In: Gargaud, M., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44185-5_1401
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