Microbial studies in the Canadian nuclear fuel waste anagement program

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 573-590

  Stroes Gascoyne, Simcha ^a   West, Julia M ^b  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas production; Microbially influenced corrosion; Nuclear waste disposal; Radiation and desiccation effects; Radionuclide migration

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FUEL;

BIOFILM; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MIGRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CANADA; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOLOGY; MOVEMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0030881307     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(97)00035-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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