Sequestering uranium and technetium through co-precipitation with aluminum in a contaminated acidic environment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 7516-7522

  Luo, Wensui ^a   Kelly, Shelly D ^b,d   Kemner, Kenneth M ^b   Watson, David ^a   Zhou, Jizhong ^c   Jardine, Philip M ^a   Gu, Baohua ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d EXAFS Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT; BASE ADDITION; CARBONATE CONCENTRATIONS; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; HIGH PH; OXYHYDROXIDES; PH VALUE; SITE-SPECIFIC; SURFACE COMPLEX; TOXIC METAL IONS;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; COBALT; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; METAL IONS; METAL RECOVERY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

TECHNETIUM;

ALUMINUM; COBALT; GROUND WATER; NICKEL; TECHNETIUM; URANIUM;

ACIDITY; ALUMINUM; COBALT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTRACTION METHOD; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); TECHNETIUM; URANIUM;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PRECIPITATION; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; COBALT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NICKEL; TECHNETIUM; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 70349614418     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900731a     Document Type: Article

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