Interaction of Pu, Np and Pa with anaerobic microorganisms at geologic repositories

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2001, Pages 221-232

  Sasaki, Takayuki ^a   Zheng, James ^b   Asano, Hidekazu ^c   Kudo, Akira ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c IHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Bentonite; Chemical species; Desulfovibrio desulfuricans; Distribution coefficient; Eh; Geologic repository; Neptunium; pH; Plutonium; Protactinium; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS;

EID: 27644531665     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(01)80016-4     Document Type: Article

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