Interactive comment on “Response of soil microorganisms to radioactive oil waste: results from a leaching experiment” by P. Galitskaya et al

Dear Referee, we are very thankful for your comments. Below you will find our answers on them. In attachment, there is the revised manuscript where changes are tracked by red color. The language is readable and clear, but does contain occasional errors that a native speaker could correct. The manuscript was checked by a native speaker Although part of the study is somewhat descriptive and could have been condensed, the important information presented clearly merits its publication. Thus, in my opinion, too much attention is put on microbial diversity and identification, keeping in mind that a very small and rather random portion of this diversity is reported. As such, however,