The influence of microbial redox cycling on radionuclide mobility in the subsurface at a low-level radioactive waste storage site

Geobiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-301

  Wilkins, M J ^a   Livens, F R ^a   Vaughan, D J ^a   Beadle, I ^b   Lloyd, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RADIUM; REDUCTION; REMOBILIZATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TECHNETIUM; URANIUM;

PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 34548155485     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2007.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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