Uranium and technetium bio-immobilization in intermediate-scale physical models of an in situ bio-barrier

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 7048-7053

  Michalsen, Mandy M ^a   Goodman, Bernard A ^b   Kelly, Shelly D ^c   Kemner, Kenneth M ^c   McKinley, James P ^d   Stucki, Joseph W ^b   Istok, Jonathan D ^a  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; TECHNETIUM; URANIUM;

BIO-BARRIERS; CONTAMINATED FIELDS; PHYSICAL MODELS;

MASS TRANSFER;

ALCOHOL; FERRIC ION; GROUND WATER; TECHNETIUM; URANIUM;

ETHANOL; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; TECHNETIUM; URANIUM;

ETHANOL; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; TECHNETIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOIMMOBILIZATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POROSITY; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ETHANOL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TECHNETIUM; URANIUM; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 33751077310     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060420+     Document Type: Article

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