The Status of KamLAND After Purification

KamLAND is a 1-kton liquid scintillation detector located in the Kamioka underground laboratory, in Japan. KamLAND has provided a precision measurement of ${\Delta}$m$^{2}_{21}$ using reactor anti-neutrinos, and yielded first observational evidence of geologically produced anti-neutrinos. Since April of 2007, the collaboration has been working on the purification of the detector with the goal of observing 862 keV, $^{7}$Be solar neutrinos. Two purification campaigns have concluded, with a total of 5.4 ktons of scintillator circulated through a distillation and nitrogen purge system. The results of purification and the overall background reduction factors will be presented, along with an update of the $^{7}$Be solar neutrino analysis.