Electrokinetic remediation of plutonium-contaminated nuclear site wastes: Results from a pilot-scale on-site trial

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 186, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 1405-1414

  Agnew, Kieran ^a   Cundy, Andrew B ^b   Hopkinson, Laurence ^b   Croudace, Ian W ^c   Warwick, Phillip E ^c   Purdie, Philip ^a  

^a AWE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contaminated land; Electrokinetic; Land remediation; On site trial; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

ANODIC COMPARTMENT; ATOMIC WEAPONS; BATTERY POWER; CITRATE COMPLEX; CONTAMINATED LANDS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; ELECTROKINETIC; ELECTROKINETIC REMEDIATION; FIELD SCALE; LABORATORY SCALE; LAND REMEDIATION; LOW ENERGIES; MOBILISATION; NUCLEAR SITES; ON-SITE TRIALS; PILOT SCALE; POWER CONSUMPTION; PRE-CONDITIONING; SITE OPERATIONS; SITE REMEDIATION; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; TREATED SOILS; TREATMENT CELLS; TREATMENT UNITS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; LAND RECLAMATION; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

PLUTONIUM;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTROKINESIS; PLUTONISM; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; KINETICS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR WASTE; PILOT STUDY; POWER SUPPLY; RADIOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

BERKSHIRE; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79751531971     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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