Microbial bioremediation and biodegradation of radioactive waste contaminated sites

R Patel, J Mugunthan, P Singh, S Mukherjee… - Microbes and Microbial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Radioactive waste is discharged from sources such as nuclear industries, installations,
nuclear power programs, nuclear weapons research, and/or accidental disposal. Nuclear …

Bioremediation: a genuine technology to remediate radionuclides from the environment

D Prakash, P Gabani, AK Chandel… - Microbial …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Radionuclides in the environment are a major human and environmental health concern.
Like the C hernobyl disaster of 1986, the F ukushima D aiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 is …

Role of microbes in bioremediation of radioactive waste

UK Vandana, ABM Gulzar, IH Laskar, LR Meitei… - … Rejuvenation of Polluted …, 2021 - Springer
Intense release of radionuclides into the environment and their mobility prompted public and
research concerned in recent years about the processing of radionuclides. Numerous cases …

Bioremediation of radionuclides: emerging technologies

R Kumar, S Singh, OV Singh - Omics: a journal of integrative biology, 2007 - liebertpub.com
A large quantity of radioactive waste is being generated as the byproduct of atomic energy
and related programs worldwide. There are multiple radioactive waste dumping sites, that, if …

A critical review on radioactive waste management through biological techniques

V Natarajan, M Karunanidhi, B Raja - Environmental Science and …, 2020 - Springer
Our world is subject to various kinds of pollution and contamination due to rapid growth and
development of industrialization. Though, industries are helping to improve the human life …

Biotechnology of radioactive wastes: a general overview

AJ Francis - Biotechnology for Waste Management and Site …, 1997 - Springer
The end of the cold war has not only resulted in the closure of many nuclear and chemical
weapons production facilities worldwide but it also left behind a legacy of environmental …

Bioremediation of nuclear waste effluent using different communities of microbes

H Sundar, S Padmini, PB Devi - Metagenomics to Bioremediation, 2023 - Elsevier
Bioremediation is the process by which the contaminants are degraded by microorganisms.
It involves the growth of specific microbes that has the ability to digest the contaminants such …

In situ and ex situ bioremediation of radionuclide-contaminated soils at nuclear and norm sites

AJ Francis, YV Nancharaiah - … and restoration of contaminated nuclear and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Radioactive contamination of the environment is a global problem arising from generating
nuclear power, nuclear accidents, from testing nuclear weapons, and from disposing of …

Bioremediation of radioactivity in contaminated environmental media

A Bonoli, S Zanni - Book of Abstract ICEEM, 2015 - cris.unibo.it
Bio-remediation tools are widely regarded as a new hope for complex remediation
scenarios and recalcitrant contaminants. Demonstrations of the removal and immobilization …

Biotransformation of radionuclides: Trends and challenges

T Jabbar, G Wallner - Radionuclides in the Environment: Influence of …, 2015 - Springer
Radioactive contamination poses risks to environment and human health. The microbial-
mediated transformation presents opportunity for the remediation of radionuclide …