Fe(III) reduction in the subsurface at a low-level radioactive waste disposal site

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-239

  Wilkins, Michael J ^a   Livens, Francis R ^a   Vaughan, David J ^a   Lloyd, Jonathan R ^a   Beadle, Ian ^b   Small, Joe S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinide; Ferribacterium; Nuclear waste; Reactive transport model; Rhodoferax; Terminal electron acceptors

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; ELECTRON; IRON; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REPOSITORY; RNA; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FERRIBACTERIUM; FERRIBACTERIUM LIMNETICUM; RHODOFERAX; RHODOFERAX FERRIREDUCENS;

EID: 77952145836     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450903456749     Document Type: Article

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