Reoxidation of bioreduced uranium under reducing conditions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6162-6169

  Wan, Jiamin ^a   Tokunaga, Tetsu K ^a   Brodie, Eoin ^b   Wang, Zheming ^c   Zheng, Zuoping ^a   Herman, Don ^b   Hazen, Terry C ^a   Firestone, Mary K ^b   Sutton, Stephen R ^d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CONTAMINATION; MASS TRANSFER; OXIDATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION; SEDIMENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; TOXIC MATERIALS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIOREDUCTIONS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MIOCROBIALLY MEDIATED URANIUM; NUCLEAR WEAPONS;

URANIUM;

BICARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID; FUEL; GROUND WATER; MANGANESE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM; URANIUM DERIVATIVE; URANYL CARBONATE COMPLEX;

BIODEGRADATION; OXIDATION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; URANIUM;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; KINETICS; LABORATORY; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION; REOXIDATION; RESTRICTED MASS TRANSFER; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PRECIPITATION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SOLUBILITY; URANIUM;

EID: 23844504563     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048236g     Document Type: Article

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