Influence of contact time on the extraction of 233uranyl spike and contaminant uranium from Hanford Site sediment

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 693-704

  Smith, S C ^a   Szecsody, J E ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155203727     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2011.1876     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Riley, R. G., Zachara, J.M., Wobber, F. J.: Chemical contaminants on DOE land and selection of contaminant mixtures for subsurface science research. Report DOE/ER-0547T, US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (1992).
2. Zachara, J. M., Liu, C., Brown, C., Kelly, S., Christensen, J., McKinley, J., Davis, J., Serne, J., Dresel, E., Um, W.: A site-wide perspective on uranium geochemistry at the Hanford Site. Report PNNL-17031, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2007).
3. Um,W., Zachara, J. M., Liu, C., Moore, D. A., Rod, K. A.: Resupply mechanism to a contaminated aquifer: a laboratory study of U(VI) desorption from capillary fringe sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 74, 5155-5170 (2010).
4. Zachara, J. M., Davis, J. A., McKinley, J. P., Wellman, D. M., Liu, C., Qafoku, N., Yabusaki, S. B.: Uranium geochemistry in vadose zone and aquifer sediments from the 300 Area uranium plume. Report PNNL-15121, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2005).
5. Frondel, C.: Systematic mineralogy of uranium and thorium. Bull. US Geological Survey (1958).
6. Burns, P. C., Finch, R. (eds.): Uranium: mineralogy, geochemistry, and the environment. Mineralogical Society of America (1999), p. 679.
7. Qafoku, N. P., Icenhower, J. P.: Interactions of aqueous U(VI) with soil minerals in slightly alkaline natural systems. Rev. Environ. Sci. Biotechnol., 7, 355-380 (2008).
8. Crancon, P., van der Lee, J.: Speciation and mobility of uranium( VI) in humic-containing soils. Radiochim. Acta 91, 673-679 (2003).
9. Fox, P. M., Davis, J. A., Zachara, J. M.: The effect of calcium on aqueous uranium(VI) speciation and adsorption to ferrihydrite and quartz. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 70, 1379-1387 (2006).
10. Um, W., Wang, Z., Serne, R. J., Williams, B. D., Brown, C. F., Dodge, C. J., Francis, A. J.: Uranium phases in contaminated sediments below Hanford's U tank farm. Env. Sci. Technol. 43, 4280-4286 (2009).
11. Shi, Z., Liu, C., Zachara, J. M., Wang, Z., Deng, B.: Inhibition effect of secondary phosphate mineral precipitation on uranium release from contaminated sediments. Env. Sci. Technol. 43, 8344-8349 (2009).
12. Stoffregen, R.: Numerical simulation of mineral-water isotope exchange via Ostwald ripening. Am. J. Science. 296, 908-931 (1996).
13. Smith, S. C., Douglas, M., Moore, D. A., Kukkadapu, R. K., Arey, B. W.: Uranium extraction from laboratory-synthesized, uraniumdoped hydrous ferric oxides. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43, 2341-2347 (2009).
14. His, C.-K. D., Langmuir, D.: Adsorption of uranyl onto ferric oxyhydroxides: application of the surface complexation site-binding model. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 49, 1931-1941 (1985).
15. Waite, T. D., Davis, J. A., Payne, T. E., Waychunas, G. E., Xu, N.: Uranium(VI) adsorption to ferrihydrite: application of surface complexation model. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 58, 5465-5478 (1994).
16. Ainsworth, C. C., Pilon, J. L., Gassman, P. L., Van Der Sluys, W. G.: Cobalt, cadmium, and lead sorption to hydrous iron oxide: residence time effect. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 58, 1615-1623 (1994).
17. Allard, T., Ildefonse, P., Beaucaire, C., Calas, G.: Structural chemistry of uranium associated with Si, Al, and Fe gels in a granitic uranium mine. Chem. Geol. 158, 81-103 (1999). (Pubitemid 29384870)
18. Giammar, D. E., Hering, J. G.: Time scales for sorption-desorption and surface precipitation of uranyl on goethite. Environ. Sci. Technol. 35, 3332-3337 (2001). (Pubitemid 32880861)
19. Jönsson, J.: Phase, transformations and surface chemistry of secondary iron minerals form from acid mine drainage. PhD thesis, Umeå University, Sweden (2003).
20. Ohyuki, T., Isobe, H., Yanase, N., Nagano, T., Sakamoto, Y., Sekine, K.: Change in sorption characteristics of uranium during crystallization of amorphous iron minerals. J. Nucl. Sci. Technol. 34, 1153-1158 (1997). (Pubitemid 127596212)
21. US Environmental Protection Agency: Understanding variation in partition coefficient, Kd, values. Report EPA 402-R-99-004B (1999).
22. Qafoku, N. P., Zachara, J. M., Liu, C., Gassman, P. L., Qafoku, O. S., Smith, S. C.: Kinetic desorption and sorption of U(VI) during reactive transport in a contaminated Hanford sediment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39, 3157-3165 (1999).
23. Um, W., Serne, R., Krupka, K.: Surface complexation modeling of U(VI) sorption to Hanford sediment with varying geochemical conditions. Environ. Sci. Technol. 47, 3587-3592 (2007a). (Pubitemid 350067204)
24. Um, W., Serne, R., Brown, C., Last, G.: U(VI) adsorption on aquifer sediments at the Hanford Site. J. Contam. Hydrol. 93, 255-269 (2007b). (Pubitemid 47090198)
25. Tessier, A., Campbell, P. G. C., Bisson, M.: Sequential extraction procedure for the speciation of particulate trace metals. Anal. Chem. 51, 844-851 (1979). (Pubitemid 9460656)
26. Schultz,M. K., Burnett,W. C., Inn, K. G. W.: Evaluation of a sequential extraction method for determining actinide fractionation in soils and sediments. J. Environ. Radioact. 40, 155-174 (1998). (Pubitemid 28306723)
27. Bacon, J. R., Davison, C.M.: Is there a future for sequential chemical extraction? Analyst 133, 25-46 (2008).
28. Tack, F. M., Verloo, M. G.: Chemical speciation and fractionation in soil and sediment heavy metal analysis: a review. Int. J. Environ. Anal. Chem. 59, 225-238 (1995).
29. Kohler,M., Curtis, G. P., Meece, D. E., Davis, J. A.: Methods for estimating adsorbed U(VI) and distribution coefficients of contaminated sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38, 240-247 (2004). (Pubitemid 38044759)
30. Chao, T. T., Zhou, L.: Extraction techniques for selective dissolution of amorphous iron oxides from soils and sediments. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 47, 225-232 (1983).
31. Sowder, A. G., Bertsch, P. M., Morris, P. J.: Partitioning and availability of uranium and nickel in contaminated riparian sediments. J. Environ. Qual. 32, 885-898 (2003). (Pubitemid 36582901)
32. Brina, R., Miller, A. G.: Direct detection of trace levels of uranium by laser-inducted kinetic phosphorimetry. Anal. Chem. 64, 1413-1418 (1992).
33. 234U ratio. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 264, 423-427 (2005). (Pubitemid 40602030)
34. Toride, N., Leij, F. J., van Genuchten,M. T.: A comprehensive set of analytical solutions for nonequilibrium solute transport with first-order decay and zero-order production. Water Resourc. Res. 29, 2167-2182 (1993). (Pubitemid 24395073)
35. Toride, N., Leij, F. J., van Genuchten,M. T.: The CXTFIT code for estimating transport parameters from laboratory or field tracer experiments, Ver. 2.1. Research report No. 137, US Salinity Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Riverside, CA (1999).
36. Rose, D.: Hydrodynamic dispersion in porous materials. Soil Sci. 123, 277-283 (1977).
37. Gleuckauf, E.: Theory of chromatography, part II-V. J. Chem. Soc. 36, 1302-1329 (1947).
38. Leehneer, J., Ahlrichs, J.: A kinetic and equilibrium study of the adsorption of carbaryl and parathion upon soil organicmatter. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 35, 700-705 (1971).
39. van Genuchten,M., Davidson, J., Wierenga, P.: An evaluation of kinetic and equilibrium equations for the prediction of pesticide movement through porous media. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 38, 29-35 (1974).
40. Bailey, E. H., Mosselmans, J. F.W., Schofield, P. F.: Uranyl acetate speciation in aqueous solutions - an XAS study between 25 °C and 250 °C. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68, 1711-1722 (2004). (Pubitemid 38463102)
41. Ray, S., Gault, H., Dodd, C.: The separation of clay minerals from carbonate rocks. Am. Miner. 42, 681-686 (1957).