Bioremediation of radioactive waste: radionuclide-microbe interactions in laboratory and field-scale studies

Jonathan R. Lloyd; Joanna C. Renshaw

doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2005.04.012

Bioremediation of radioactive waste: radionuclide-microbe interactions in laboratory and field-scale studies

Jonathan R. Lloyd, Joanna C. Renshaw

Civil And Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

Given the scale of the contamination associated with 60 years of global nuclear activity, and the inherent high financial and environmental costs associated with invasive physical and chemical clean-up strategies, there is an unparalleled interest in new passive in situ bioremediation processes for sites contaminated with nuclear waste. Many of these processes rely on successfully harnessing newly discovered natural biogeochemical cycles for key radionuclides and fission products. Recent advances have been made in understanding the microbial colonization of radioactive environments and the biological basis of microbial transformations of radioactive waste in these settings.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	254-260
Number of pages	7
Journal	Current Opinion in Biotechnology
Volume	16
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2005.04.012
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2005

Keywords

bioremediation
radioactive waste
radionuclide-microbe interactions
laboratory
field-scale studies

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Lloyd, J. R., & Renshaw, J. C. (2005). Bioremediation of radioactive waste: radionuclide-microbe interactions in laboratory and field-scale studies. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 16(3), 254-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2005.04.012

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