Treatment of nitric acid-, U(VI)-, and Tc(VII)-contaminated groundwater in intermediate-scale physical models of an in situ biobarrier

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1952-1961

  Michalsen, Mandy M ^a   Peacock, Aaron D ^b   Smithgal, Amanda N ^b   White, David C ^b   Spain, Anne M ^c   Sanchez Rosario, Yamil ^c   Krumholz, Lee R ^c   Kelly, Shelly D ^d   Kemner, Kenneth M ^d   McKinley, James ^e   Heald, Steve M ^f   Bogle, Mary Anna ^g   Watson, David B ^g   Istoko, Jonathan D ^h  

^a US Army Corps of Engineers   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENES; ANALYSIS RESULTS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIO IMMOBILIZATIONS; BIOBARRIER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITIONS; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATERS; CRUSHED LIMESTONES; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGIES; ETHANOL ADDITIONS; EXAFS; FLOW PATHS; HYDROGEN IONS; IN-SITU; LEGACY WASTES; MENAQUINONES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS; NITRITE REDUCTASE GENES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; PHYSICAL MODELS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTIONS; XANES ANALYSIS;

ACIDS; BIOMASS; CLONING; ENERGY CONVERSION; ETHANOL; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEOLOGY; METAL RECOVERY; MODELS; NITRATES; NITRIC ACID; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECHNETIUM; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; LIMESTONE; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID; PERTECHNETIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANYL CARBONIC ACID; URANYL ORTHOPHOSPHATE;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; EXTRACTION METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIC ACID; PH; SOLUBILITY; TECHNETIUM; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PH MEASUREMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRIC ACID; TECHNETIUM; URANIUM; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 64549101054     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8012485     Document Type: Article

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