Interaction between smectite and bacteria: Implications for bentonite as backfill material in the disposal of nuclear waste

Chemical Geology

Volumn 264, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 281-294

  Perdrial, Julia N ^a   Warr, Laurence N ^b   Perdrial, Nicolas ^c   Lett, Marie Claire ^d   Elsass, Francoise ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Université de Strasbourg   (France)

^e INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Backfill; Confined volume; MX80 bentonite; Nontronite; Nuclear waste disposal; Shewanella putrefaciens

Indexed keywords

BACKFILL; BACTERIUM; BENTONITE; DISSOLUTION; NONTRONITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SMECTITE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

EID: 67349288555     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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