Modeling of the interaction of Pu(VI) with the mixture of microorganism and clay

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-59

  Ohnuki, Toshihiko ^a   Yoshida, Takahiro ^a,b   Ozaki, Takuo ^a   Kozai, Naofumi ^a   Sakamoto, Fuminori ^a   Nankawa, Takuya ^a   Suzuki, Yoshinori ^a   Francis, Arokiasamy J ^c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Kaolinite; Modeling; Plutonium; Reduction; Soil bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CLAY MINERALS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; KAOLINITE; MIXTURES; SOILS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; VEGETATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELLS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FIRST-ORDER RATES; KAOLINITE CLAYS; KINETIC MODELS; MEDIATED ELECTRON TRANSFERS; MODEL ANALYSIS; MODELING; OXIDATION STATE; REDUCTION; REDUCTION RATES; SOIL BACTERIA; SOIL BACTERIUM; SUBTILIS; TWO-STEP REDUCTIONS;

PLUTONIUM;

EID: 59349086141     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3327/jnst.46.55     Document Type: Article

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