Oxide–and silicate–water interfaces and their roles in technology and the environment

JL Bañuelos, E Borguet, GE Brown Jr… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

[HTML][HTML] Uranium in natural waters and the environment: Distribution, speciation and impact

PL Smedley, DG Kinniburgh - Applied Geochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The concentrations of U in natural waters are usually low, being typically less than 4 μg/L in
river water, around 3.3 μg/L in open seawater, and usually less than 5 μg/L in groundwater …

[HTML][HTML] Uranium mobility in organic matter-rich sediments: A review of geological and geochemical processes

SA Cumberland, G Douglas, K Grice, JW Moreau - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Uranium (U) is of enormous global importance because of its use in energy generation,
albeit with potential environmental legacies. While naturally occurring U is widespread in the …

[HTML][HTML] The biogeochemistry and bioremediation of uranium and other priority radionuclides

L Newsome, K Morris, JR Lloyd - Chemical Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
Microbial metabolism has the potential to alter the solubility of a broad range of priority
radionuclides, including uranium, other actinides and fission products. Of notable interest …

Adsorption of uranium (VI) complexes with polymer-based spherical activated carbon

YA Boussouga, J Joseph, H Stryhanyuk, HH Richnow… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Adsorption processes with carbon-based adsorbents have received substantial attention as
a solution to remove uranium from drinking water. This study investigated uranium …

Environmental speciation of actinides

K Maher, JR Bargar, GE Brown Jr - Inorganic chemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
Although minor in abundance in Earth's crust (U, 2–4 ppm; Th, 10–15 ppm) and in seawater
(U, 0.003 ppm; Th, 0.0007 ppm), light actinides (Th, Pa, U, Np, Pu, Am, and Cm) are …

Microbial interactions with uranium: towards an effective bioremediation approach

UK Banala, NPI Das, SR Toleti - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
In uranium bioremediation, the response of different biological groups towards uranium are
critical. Understanding the metal–microbe interactions would provide adequate knowledge …

[图书][B] Contaminant geochemistry

B Berkowitz, I Dror, B Yaron - 2007 - Springer
Contaminant Geochemistry: Interactions and Transport in the Subsurface Environment
combines the earth science fields of subsurface hydrology and environmental geochemistry …

Persistence of uranium groundwater plumes: contrasting mechanisms at two DOE sites in the groundwater–river interaction zone

JM Zachara, PE Long, J Bargar, JA Davis, P Fox… - Journal of contaminant …, 2013 - Elsevier
We examine subsurface uranium (U) plumes at two US Department of Energy sites that are
located near large river systems and are influenced by groundwater–river hydrologic …

Mechanisms of the removal of U (VI) from aqueous solution using biochar: a combined spectroscopic and modeling approach

MS Alam, D Gorman-Lewis, N Chen… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Biochar has been touted as a promising sorbent for the removal of inorganic contaminants,
such as uranium (U), from water. However, the molecular-scale mechanisms of aqueous U …