Implementation of microbial processes in the performance assessment of spent nuclear fuel repositories

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 453-462

  Behrends, Thilo ^a   Krawczyk Bärsch, Evelyn ^b   Arnold, Thuro ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; EARTH SURFACE; FAR-FIELD; FASTER REACTIONS; FE OXIDE; HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; IN-VIVO; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LASER FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LONG-TERM DISPOSAL; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOFILM; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL PROCESS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MULTI-SPECIES; NEAR-FIELD; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; REDOX POTENTIALS; REDOX TRANSFORMATIONS; RESPIRATORY ACTIVITY; SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL REPOSITORY;

ADSORPTION; BIOFILMS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; MICROORGANISMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RATING; REDOX REACTIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

RADIOISOTOPES;

BIOFILM; BIOSPHERE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; MOBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REDOX POTENTIAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SULFATE; TRANSFORMATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84855572331     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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