Use of illite clay for in situ remediation of 137Cs-contaminated water bodies: Field demonstration of reduced biological uptake

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 4500-4505

  Hinton, Thomas G ^a   Kaplan, Daniel I ^b   Knox, Anna S ^b   Coughlin, Daniel P ^a   Nascimento, Rebecca V ^a   Watson, Siobahn I ^a   Fletcher, Dean E ^a   Koo, Bon Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EX SITU TECHNOLOGIES; IN SITU REMEDIATION; MICROINVERTEBRATES; SILTATION;

CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESORPTION; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

WATER TREATMENT;

CESIUM 137;

CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESORPTION; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

CESIUM; ILLITE; IN SITU TEST; INSECT; MICA; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CLAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DESORPTION; FISH; ILLITE CLAY; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNOLOGY; TURBIDITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FISHES; INSECTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

INSECTA;

EID: 33746211239     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060124x     Document Type: Article

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