Microbial sulphide production in compacted Wyoming bentonite MX-80 under in situ conditions relevant to a repository for high-level radioactive waste

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 58-64

  Masurat, Peter ^a   Eriksson, Sara ^b   Pedersen, Karsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Microbial Analytics Sweden AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Clay; Corrosion; Sulphate reducing bacteria; Water activity

Indexed keywords

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; COPPER SULPHIDES; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; IN-CONTROL; IN-SITU; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; PRODUCTION RATES; SOURCE OF ENERGY; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA; WATER ACTIVITY; WYOMING;

BACTERIOLOGY; COPPER; CORROSION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOGRAPHY; STRAIN RELAXATION; SULFUR;

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE; COMPACTION; COPPER; CORROSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IN SITU TEST; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOGRAPHY; REACTION KINETICS; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRACER;

EID: 73049117743     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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