The Canadian approach to microbial studies in nuclear waste management and disposal

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 35, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 175-190

  Stroes Gascoyne, S ^a   Sargent, F P ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microbial studies; Nuclear waste management and disposal; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CLAY DEPOSITS; CONTAINERS; CORROSION; MICROORGANISMS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEALANTS; SEDIMENTS;

DESICCATION; NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONTAINMENT BARRIER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL VIABILITY; CORROSION; DRUG TRANSPORT; NUCLEAR WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0032534555     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(98)00128-4     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. AECL, 1994. Environmental Impact Statement on the Concept for Disposal of Canada's Nuclear Fuel Waste. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Report, AECL-10711, COG-93-1.
2. Amy, P.S., Haldeman, D.L. (Eds.), 1997. The Microbiology of the Terrestrial Deep Subsurface. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.
3. Bengvegnù, F., Brondi, A., Polizzano, C., 1988. Natural Analogues and Evidence of Long-Term Isolation Capacity of Clays Occurring in Italy. Commission of the European Communities Report, EUR 11896 EN.
4. Brown, A.D., 1990. Microbial Water Stress Physiology. Principles and Perspectives. Wiley, Chichester, UK.
5. Brown D.A., Kamineni D.C., Sawicki J.A., Beveridge T.J. Minerals associated with biofilms occurring on exposed rock in a granitic underground research laboratory. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60(9):1994;3182-3191.
6. Champ, D.R., Schroeter, J., 1988. Bacterial transport in fractured rock - a field scale tracer test at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories. In: Proc. Int. Conf. water and waste water microbiology, Newport Beach, CA.
7. Chapelle, F.H., 1993. Ground-water Microbiology and Geochemistry. Wiley, New York, NY.
8. Ferris F.G., Fyfe W.S., Beveridge T.J. Bacteria as nucleation sites for authigenic minerals in a metal-contaminated lake sediment. Chem. Geol. 63:1987;225-232.
9. Fredrickson J.K., Onstott T.C. Microbes deep inside the earth. Sci. Am. 275:1996;68-73.
10. Gallori E., Bazzicalupo M., Dal Canto L., Fani R., Nannipieri P., Vettori C., Stotzki G. Transformation of Bacillus subtilis by DNA bound on clay in non-sterile soil. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 15:1994;119-126.
11. Gambrell, R.P., Patrick, W.H., 1978. Quoted in Biogeochemistry of Wetlands. In: Mitsch, W.J., Gosselink, J.G. (Eds.), Wetlands 136, Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishers, New York, NY.
12. Geesey, G.G., 1993. A review of the potential for microbially influenced corrosion of high-level nuclear waste containers. In: Cragnolino, G.A. (Ed.), Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses Report, CNWRA 93-014.
13. Haveman, S.A., Stroes-Gascoyne, S., Hamon, C.J., Delaney T.L., 1995. Microbial Analysis of Groundwaters from Seven Boreholes at AECL's Underground Research Laboratory. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Technical Record, TR-677, COG-95-017 Internal report, available from SDDO, AECL, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada K0J 1J0. .
14. Hicks R.J., Fredrickson J.L. Aerobic metabolic potential of microbial populations indigenous to deep subsurface environments. Geomicrobiology. 7:1989;67-78.
15. Jain, D.K., 1995. Microbial Effects on Radionuclide Migration in the Far-field-I. Ontario Hydro Progress Report, B-NBP-95-78-P.
16. Jain D.K., Stroes-Gascoyne S., Providenti M., Tanner C., Cord I. Characterization of microbial communities in deep groundwater from granitic rock. Can. J. Microbiol. 43:1997;272-283.
17. King, F., 1996. Microbially Influenced Corrosion of Copper Nuclear Fuel Waste Containers in a Canadian Disposal Vault. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Report, AECL-11471, COG-95-519.
18. King, F., Stroes-Gascoyne, S., 1997. Predicting the effects of microbial activity on the corrosion of copper nuclear waste disposal containers. In: Wolfram, J.H., Rogers, R.D., Gazso, L.G. (Eds.) Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Microbial Degradation Processes in a Radioactive Waste Repository and in Nuclear Fuel Storage Areas. NATO ASI Series, Disarmament Techniques Vol. II, Budapest, Hungary, 1996 May 9-11.
19. Krumholtz L.R., McKinley J.P., Ulrich G.A., Suflita J.M. Confined subsurface microbial communities in cretaceous rock. Nature. 386:1997;64-66.
20. Lovley D.R., Phillips E.J.P. Competitive mechanisms for inhibition of sulfate reduction and methane production in the zone of ferric iron reduction in sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 53:1987;2636-2641.
21. Lucht, L.M., Stroes-Gascoyne, S., 1996. Characterization of the Radiation and Heat Resistance of the Natural Microbial Population in Buffer Materials and Selected Pure Cultures. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Technical Record, TR-744, COG-96-171 .
22. Lucht, L.M., Stroes-Gascoyne, S., Miller, S.H., Hamon, C.J., Dixon, D.A., 1997. Colonization of Compacted Backfill Materials by Microorganisms. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Report, AECL-11832, COG-97-321-I.
23. Marshman N.A., Marshall K.C. Bacterial growth on proteins in the presence of clay minerals. Biol. Biochem. 13:1981;127-134.
24. Merceron, Th., 1994. Archimede-Clay Project: Acquisition and Regulation of Water Chemistry in Clay. Project Archimede-Argile, 13-14 Janvier 1994, CEA Cadarache.
25. Motamedi M., Karland O., Pedersen K. Survival of sulfate reducing bacteria at different water activities in compacted bentonite. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 141:1996;83-87.
26. Papendick, R.I., Campbell, G.S. 1980. Theory and measurement of water potential. In Proceedings of a Symposium Sponsored by Divisions S-1 and S-3 of the Soil Science Society of America. SSSA Special Publication #9, Chicago, IL, 1978 December 03-08.
27. Pedersen K., Ekendahl S. Distribution and activity of bacteria in deep granitic groundwaters of southeastern Sweden. Microbiol. Ecol. 20:1990;37-52.
28. 2 and Introduced Organic Compounds by Bacterial Populations in Groundwater from Deep Crystalline Bedrock at Laxemar and Stripa. SKB Technical Report 91-56. Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management, Box 5864 S-102 48 Stockholm, Sweden.
29. Phelps T.J., Raione E.G., White D.C., Fliermans C.B. Microbial activities in deep subsurface environments. Geomicrobiol. 7:1989;79-91.
30. Pusch, R., Forsberg, T., 1983. Gas Migration Through Bentonite Clay. Swedish Nuclear Fuel Supply Company Report, SKB/KBS 83-71.
31. Sheppard, M.I., Stroes-Gascoyne, S., Motycka, M., Haveman, S.A. 1997. The Influence of the Presence of Sulphate on Methanogenesis in the Backfill of a Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Disposal Vault: A Laboratory Study. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Report, AECL-11764, COG-97-21-I.
32. Simmons, G.R., Baumgartner, P., 1994. The Disposal of Canada's Nuclear Fuel Waste: Engineering for a Disposal Facility. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Report, AECL-10715, COG-93-5.
33. Stroes-Gascoyne, S., 1989. The Potential for Microbial Life in a Canadian High Level Fuel Waste Disposal Vault: A Nutrient and Energy Source Analysis. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Report, AECL-9574.
34. Stroes-Gascoyne S., West J.M. An overview of microbial research related to high-level nuclear waste disposal with emphasis on the Canadian concept for the disposal of nuclear fuel waste. Can. J. Microbiol. 42:1996;349-366.
35. Stroes-Gascoyne S., Gascoyne M. The introduction of microbial nutrients into a nuclear waste disposal vault during excavation and operation. Env. Sci. Technol. 32:1998;317-326.
36. Stroes-Gascoyne S., West J.M. Microbial studies in the Canadian nuclear fuel waste management program. FEMS Microbiol. Reviews. 20:1997;573-590.
37. Stroes-Gascoyne S., Gascoyne M., Hamon C.J., Jain D.K., Vilks P. Influence of borehole flushing on the concentration of microbes in granitic groundwaters. Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 333:1994;693-698.
38. Stroes-Gascoyne S., Lucht L.M., Borsa J., Delaney T.L., Haveman S.A., Hamon C.J. Radiation resistance of the natural microbial population in buffer materials. Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 353:1995;345-352.
39. Stroes-Gascoyne, S., Pedersen, K., Daumas, S., Hamon, C.J., Haveman, S.A., Delaney, T.L., Ekendahl, S., Jahromi, N., Arlinger, J., Hallbeck, I., Dekeyser, K. 1996. Microbial Analysis of the Buffer/Container Experiment at AECL's Underground Research Laboratory. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Report, AECL-11436, COG-95-446.
40. Stroes-Gascoyne S., Pedersen K., Haveman S.A., Daumas S., Hamon C.J., Arlinger J., Ekendahl S., Hallbeck L., Jahromi N., Delaney T.L., Dekeyser K. Occurrence and identification of microorganisms in compacted clay-based buffer material designed for use in a nuclear fuel waste disposal vault. Can. J. Microbiol. 43:1997;1133-1146.
41. Stroes-Gascoyne, S., Lucht, L.M., Oscarson, D.W., Dixon, D.A., Hume H.B., Miller S.H., 1997b. Migration of Bacteria in Compacted Clay-based Material. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Report, AECL-11866, COG-97-413-I.
42. Stroes-Gascoyne S., Haveman S.A., Vilks P. The change in bioavailability of organic matter associated with clay-based buffer material as a result of heat and radiation treatment. Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 465:1997;987-994.
43. Stroes-Gascoyne, S., Hamon, C.J., Goto, S., Little B., Brown, D.A. Analysis of Biofilm Samplers Installed in the Underground Research Laboratory. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Technical Record (in preparation).
44. Vandergraaf, T.T., Miller, H.G., Jain, D.K., Hamon, C.J., Stroes-Gascoyne, S., 1997. The Effect of Biofilms on Radionuclide Transport in the Geosphere: Results from an Initial Investigation. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Technical Record, TR-774, COG-96-635-I .
45. West J.M. A review of progress in the geomicrobiology of radioactive waste disposal. Radioactive Waste Management Environ. Restor. 19:1995;263-283.
46. West, J.M., Vialta, A., McKinely, I.G., 1990. Microbiological Analysis at the Osamu Utsumi Mine and Morro do Ferro Analogue Study Sites, Poços de Caldas, Brazil. SKB Technical Report, 90-19.
47. West J.M., Cave M., Coombs P., Milodowski A.E., Rochelle C.A. Alteration of Repository Structural Materials Within the First Few Years. Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 506:1997;503-510.
48. Wolfram, J.H., Dirk, W.J. 1997. Biofilm development and the survival of microorganisms in water systems of nuclear reactors and spent fuel rods. In: Wolfram, J.H., Rogers, R.D., Gazso, L.G. (Eds.), Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Microbial Degradation Processes in a Radioactive Waste Repository and in Nuclear Fuel Storage Areas. NATO ASI Series, Disarmament Techniques Vol. II, Budapest, Hungary, 1996 May 9-11.