Biological removal of cationic fission products from nuclear wastewater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-128

  Ngwenya, N ^a   Chirwa, E M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Bioprecipitation; Strontium; Sulphate reducing bacteria; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BIO-PRECIPITATION; BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL; BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY; CELL SURFACES; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; ENERGY SOURCE; EXTRACELLULAR; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; ION EXCHANGE REACTIONS; IONIC BONDS; LONG-LIVED FISSION PRODUCTS; MAXIMUM LOADING; MICROBIAL CULTURE; NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION; PRECIPITATION REACTION; SEM; STRONTIUM REMOVAL; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; DESORPTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FISSION PRODUCTS; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; ION EXCHANGE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTEWATER;

STRONTIUM;

FOSSIL FUEL; LIGAND; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; STRONTIUM;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL FUEL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ION EXCHANGE; NUCLEAR POWER; POWER GENERATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRONTIUM; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL BOND; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESORPTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ION EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRECIPITATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; X RAY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CATIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 79251485667     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.021     Document Type: Article

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