Release of 226Ra from uranium mill tailings by microbial Fe(III) reduction

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 647-652

  Landa, Edward R ^a   Phillips, Elizabeth J P ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON III OXIDE; MICROBIAL REDUCTION; MILL TAILING; RADIUM-226; URANIUM;

IRON COMPOUNDS - REDUCTION; MICROORGANISMS - EFFECTS; RADIUM - GEOCHEMISTRY; URANIUM COMPOUNDS - GEOCHEMISTRY;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; MICROBIAL REDUCTION; URANIUM MILL TAILINGS;

URANIUM ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0026357445     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0883-2927(91)90075-Z     Document Type: Article

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