Microbiology of spent nuclear fuel storage basins

Current Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 387-394

  Santo Domingo, Jorge W ^a   Berry, Christopher J ^a   Summer, Michael ^a   Fliermans, Carl B ^a  

^a WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CHLORINE; EUROPIUM; IODINE; METAL; NUCLEAR FUEL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CORROSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR WASTE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; CORROSION; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031725155     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900398     Document Type: Article

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