Geomicrobiological redox cycling of the transuranic element neptunium

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 8924-8929

  Law, Gareth T W ^a   Geissler, Andrea ^a,d   Lloyd, Jonathan R ^a   Livens, Francis R ^a   Boothman, Christopher ^a   Begg, James D C ^b,e   Denecke, Melissa A ^c   Rothe, Jörg ^c   Dardenne, Kathy ^c   Burke, Ian T ^b   Charnock, John M ^a   Morris, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; HIGH SOLUBILITY; METAL REDUCTION; MICROBIAL PROCESS; NUCLEAR LEGACY; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATIVE REMOBILIZATION; RADIOTOXICITY; RE-OXIDATION; REDOX CYCLING; SEDIMENT MICROCOSMS; TRANSURANIC ELEMENTS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; REDOX REACTIONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOLUBILITY;

NEPTUNIUM;

NEPTUNIUM;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOSM; MOBILIZATION; NEPTUNIUM; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; SOLID; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; NEPTUNIUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 78650285646     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101911v     Document Type: Article

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