Method to attenuate U(VI) mobility in acidic waste plumes using humic acids

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2331-2337

  Wan, Jiamin ^a   Dong, Wenming ^a   Tokunaga, Tetsu K ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; ACIDIC WASTE; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; COLD WARS; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; GROUNDWATER PLUMES; HUMIC ACID; IN-SITU; IN-SITU REMEDIATION; MILLING OPERATION; SAVANNAH RIVER SITES;

ADSORPTION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DESORPTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LEACHING; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLUTONIUM; POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; URANIUM;

WASTE TREATMENT;

GROUND WATER; HUMIC ACID; RIVER WATER; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HUMIC ACID; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY METHOD; LEACHING; MINING; MOBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; PLUME; PLUTONIUM; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URANIUM; VOLUME; WASTE; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; FLOW RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; PH; PLUME; SEDIMENT; WASTE PLUME; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FRESH WATER; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MINING; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 79953848664     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103864t     Document Type: Article

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