Impact of iron-reducing bacteria on the properties of argillites in the context of radioactive waste geological disposal

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 83-84, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-49

  Esnault, L ^a   Libert, M ^b   Bildstein, O ^b   Mustin, C ^c   Marsal, F ^d   Jullien, M ^a  

^a ECOGEOSAFE   (France)

^b IRFM   (France)

^c Nancy University   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Argillites; Clay alteration; Fe(III) reduction; Geological disposal; Illite smectite; Iron reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ARGILLITES; FE REDUCTIONS; GEOLOGICAL DISPOSALS; ILLITE-SMECTITE; IRON REDUCING BACTERIA;

CLAY ALTERATION; CLAY MINERALS; EXPERIMENTS; IRON; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BACTERIA;

ARGILLITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLAY MINERAL; HOST ROCK; ILLITE; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; MICROORGANISM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REACTION RATE; REDUCTION; SMECTITE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AVEYRON; FRANCE; MIDI-PYRENEES; TOURNEMIRE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84883692127     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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