Uranium(IV) remobilization under sulfate reducing conditions

Chemical Geology

Volumn 370, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-48

  Lee, Seung Yeop ^a   Cha, Wan Sik ^a   Kim, Jong Gu ^a   Baik, Min Hoon ^a   Jung, Euo Chang ^a   Jeong, Jong Tae ^a   Kim, Kyungsu ^a   Chung, Sang Yong ^b   Lee, Yong Jae ^c  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mackinawite; Microbial sulfate reduction; Nm sized colloids; Sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB); Uranium dioxides (UO2); Uranium(VI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894172814     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.01.020     Document Type: Article

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