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Author Zeng, S.; Shen, Y.; Sun, B.; Tan, K.; Zhang, S.; Ye, W.
Title (down) Fractal kinetic characteristics of uranium leaching from low permeability uranium-bearing sandstone Type Journal Article
Year 2022 Publication Nuclear Engineering and Technology Abbreviated Journal
Volume 54 Issue 4 Pages 1175-1184
Keywords Fractal characteristics, In-situ leaching, Leaching kinetics, Pore structure, Uranium mine
Abstract The pore structure of uranium-bearing sandstone is one of the critical factors that affect the uranium leaching performance. In this article, uranium-bearing sandstone from the Yili Basin, Xinjiang, China, was taken as the research object. The fractal characteristics of the pore structure of the uranium-bearing sandstone were studied using mercury intrusion experiments and fractal theory, and the fractal dimension of the uranium-bearing sandstone was calculated. In addition, the effect of the fractal characteristics of the pore structure of the uranium-bearing sandstone on the uranium leaching kinetics was studied. Then, the kinetics was analyzed using a shrinking nuclear model, and it was determined that the rate of uranium leaching is mainly controlled by the diffusion reaction, and the dissolution rate constant (K) is linearly related to the pore specific surface fractal dimension (DS) and the pore volume fractal dimension (DV). Eventually, fractal kinetic models for predicting the in-situ leaching kinetics were established using the unreacted shrinking core model, and the linear relationship between the fractal dimension of the sample’s pore structure and the dissolution rate during the leaching was fitted.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ zeng_fractal_2022 Serial 193
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Author Morin, E.; Grodek, T.; Dahan, O.; Benito, G.; Külls, C.; Jacoby, Y.; Van Langenhove, G.; Seely, M.; Enzel, Y.
Title (down) Flood routing and alluvial aquifer recharge along the ephemeral arid Kuiseb River, Namibia Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Journal of Hydrology Abbreviated Journal
Volume 368 Issue 1-4 Pages 262-275
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Morin2009flood Serial 26
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Author Grodek, T.; Enzel, Y.; Morin, E.; Jacoby, Y.; Dahan, O.; Benito, G.; Kulls, C.; Geller, A.; Van Langenhove, G.; Seely, M.
Title (down) Flood hydrology, flood routing, paleohydrology and the estimation of water resources along the shallow alluvial aquifers of the Kuiseb River, Namibia Type Conference Article
Year 2008 Publication Abstracts – Israel Geological Society Abbreviated Journal
Volume 2008 Issue Pages 37
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Grodek2008flood Serial 56
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Author Kamruzzaman, M.; Chowdhury, A.
Title (down) Flash flooding considerations aside: Knowledge brokering by the extension and advisory services to adapt a farming system to flash flooding Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Heliyon Abbreviated Journal
Volume 9 Issue 9 Pages 19662
Keywords Flash flooding, Knowledge brokering, Extension and advisory services, Farming system, Climate change
Abstract The development of agriculture sector and livelihood in Bangladesh are threatened by various climatic stressors, including flash flooding. Therefore, Extension and advisory services (EAS) need to navigate the knowledge landscape effectively to connect various farm actors and help secure the optimum benefits of knowledge and information for making rational decisions. However, little is known how EAS can perform this task to combat various effects of climate change. This study investigates the means of brokering knowledge by the EAS to help the farming sector adapt to flash flooding. The research was conducted in the north-eastern part of Bangladesh with 73 staff of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), the largest public EAS in Bangladesh. The results showed that DAE primarily dealt with crop production-related information. However, EAS did not navigate knowledge and information about flash flooding, such as weather forecasting and crop-saving-embankments updates, among the farming actors. Moreover, they missed the broad utilization of internet-based-communication channels to rapidly navigate information and knowledge about possible flash flooding and its adaptation strategies. This article provides some policy implications to effectively support the adaptation of farming system to flash flooding through EAS.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ KAMRUZZAMAN2023e19662 Serial 235
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Author Jin, Z.; Külls, C.
Title (down) FDM based OA-ICOS for high accuracy 13C quantification in gaseous CO2 Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Earth and Environmental Science Abbreviated Journal EES
Volume 446 Issue 3 Pages 032061
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Jin2020fdm Serial 16
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Author Robin, V.; Beaufort, D.; Tertre, E.; Reinholdt, M.; Fromaget, M.; Forestier, S.; Boissezon, H. de; Descostes, M.
Title (down) Fate of dioctahedral smectites in uranium roll front deposits exploited by acidic In Situ Recovery (ISR) solutions Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Applied Clay Science Abbreviated Journal
Volume 187 Issue Pages 105484
Keywords Dissolution, In situ recovery, Ion exchange, Post mining, Remediation, Smectite
Abstract In Situ Recovery (ISR) is the most important process of uranium production in the world (50%). It consists of an injection of a leaching solution into a permeable mineralized aquifer (sandstone), pumping of the solution after dissolution of the ore minerals and recovery of the uranium from the pregnant solution in a surface plant. In this context, the fate of swelling clay minerals such as smectites is of main importance due to their role in the mobility of cationic elements by diverse geochemical processes such as ion-exchange reactions or dissolution. The present study details analysis of dioctahedral smectites before and after in-situ leaching by acidic (H2SO4) ISR solutions. Samples were collected from two sedimentary basins hosting some of the main uranium roll front deposits exploited by acidic ISR (Tortkuduk deposit, Shu-Saryssu basin, Kazakhstan, and Dulaan Uul and Zoovch Ovoo deposits, Sainshand basin, Mongolia). Scanning Electron Microscope and X-Ray Diffraction analysis revealed that dioctahedral smectite is a ubiquitous mineral in all analyzed samples, before and after acidification, and revealed a difference of crystal chemistry of the smectites between deposits of Kazakhstan (beidellite type) and Mongolia (montmorillonite type). Chemical analysis and semi-quantification of the smectites before and after acidification also revealed a difference in chemical reactivity, with a higher dissolution of montmorillonite layers compared to beidellite ones, and the importance of ion-exchange reactions. These findings are consistent with literature data obtained on model systems. The persistence of dioctahedral smectites after several years of acidification is crucial for the understanding of geochemical processes during uranium production or remediation of the aquifers. Finally, based on the analysis of samples from U-deposits hosted in both sedimentary basins, a schematic model of the impact of acid solutions on dioctahedral smectite was proposed.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ robin_fate_2020 Serial 179
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Author Hu, K.; Wang, Q.; Tao, G.; Wang, A.; Ding, D.
Title (down) Experimental Study on Restoration of Polluted Groundwater from in Situ Leaching Uranium Mining with Sulfate Reducing Bacteria and ZVI-SRB Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Procedia Earth and Planetary Science Abbreviated Journal
Volume 2 Issue Pages 150-155
Keywords In situ leaching of uranium, nitrate radical, sulfate radical, Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria (SRB), Zero Valent Iron (ZVI)
Abstract In the case of in situ leaching of uranium, the primitive geochemical environment for groundwater is changed since leachant is injected into the water beaving uranium deposit. This increases the concentration of uranium and results in the groundwater contamination.Microbial reduction technology by Sulfate reducing bacteria and Zero Valent Iron were employed to treat uranium wastewater. The experiments were conducted to evaluate the influence of anion (sulfate and nitrate) on dealing with uranium wastewater. Experimental results show that the utilization of both SRB system and ZVI – SRB system to process uranium wastewater is affected by sulfate ion and nitrate ion. As the concentration of sulfate radical is lower than 4000mg/L, sulfate-reducing bacteria has no influence on precipitated uranium. However, as the concentration of sulfate is more than 6,000mg/L, uranium removal rate decreases significantly, from 80% to 14.1%. When adding sulfate radical on ZVI – SRB system to process uranium wastewater, its uranium removal rate is higher than SRB system. Low concentration of nitrate contributes to reduction metabolism of SRB. High concentration of nitrate inhibits the growth and metabolism of SRB and affects the treatment efficiency of uranium wastewater. When the concentration of nitrate reaches 1500mg/L, uranium removal rate is less than 0.1%. Nevertheless, as the concentration of nitrate is lower than 1000mg/L, uranium removal rate could reach more than 75%. As existence of nitrate radical, uranium removal rate of SRB by adding ZVI is higher than that without adding.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ hu_experimental_2011 Serial 202
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Author Min, M.; Xu, H.; Chen, J.; Fayek, M.
Title (down) Evidence of uranium biomineralization in sandstone-hosted roll-front uranium deposits, northwestern China Type Journal Article
Year 2005 Publication Ore Geology Reviews Abbreviated Journal
Volume 26 Issue 3 Pages 198-206
Keywords Biomineralization, China, Roll-front uranium deposit, Sandstone
Abstract We show evidence that the primary uranium minerals, uraninite and coffinite, from high-grade ore samples (U3O8\textgreater0.3%) in the Wuyiyi, Wuyier, and Wuyisan sandstone-hosted roll-front uranium deposits, Xinjiang, northwestern China were biogenically precipitated and psuedomorphically replace fungi and bacteria. Uranium (VI), which was the sole electron acceptor, was likely to have been enzymically reduced. Post-mortem accumulation of uranium may have also occurred through physio-chemical interaction between uranium and negatively-charged cellular sites, and inorganic adsorption or precipitation reactions. These results suggest that microorganisms may have played a key role in formation of the sandstone- or roll-type uranium deposits, which are among the most economically significant uranium deposits in the world.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ min_evidence_2005 Serial 186
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Author Jroundi, F.; Povedano-Priego, C.; Pinel-Cabello, M.; Descostes, M.; Grizard, P.; Purevsan, B.; Merroun, M.L.
Title (down) Evidence of microbial activity in a uranium roll-front deposit: Unlocking their potential role as bioenhancers of the ore genesis Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Science of The Total Environment Abbreviated Journal
Volume 861 Issue Pages 160636
Keywords ISR, Metatranscriptomes, Microbial metabolisms, Ore genesis, Roll-front deposit, Uranium
Abstract Uranium (U) roll-front deposits constitute a valuable source for an economical extraction by in situ recovery (ISR) mining. Such technology may induce changes in the subsurface microbiota, raising questions about the way their activities could build a functional ecosystem in such extreme environments (i.e.: oligotrophy and high SO4 concentration and salinity). Additionally, more information is needed to dissipate the doubts about the microbial role in the genesis of such U orebodies. A U roll-front deposit hosted in an aquifer driven system (in Zoovch Ovoo, Mongolia), intended for mining by acid ISR, was previously explored and showed to be governed by a complex bacterial diversity, linked to the redox zonation and the geochemical conditions. Here for the first time, transcriptional activities of microorganisms living in such U ore deposits are determined and their metabolic capabilities allocated in the three redox-inherited compartments, naturally defined by the roll-front system. Several genes encoding for crucial metabolic pathways demonstrated a strong biological role controlling the subsurface cycling of many elements including nitrate, sulfate, metals and radionuclides (e.g.: uranium), through oxidation-reduction reactions. Interestingly, the discovered transcriptional behaviour gives important insights into the good microbial adaptation to the geochemical conditions and their active contribution to the stabilization of the U ore deposits. Overall, evidences on the importance of these microbial metabolic activities in the aquifer system are discussed that may clarify the doubts on the microbial role in the genesis of low-temperature U roll-front deposits, along the Zoovch Ovoo mine.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ jroundi_evidence_2023 Serial 138
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Author Arya, S.; Kumar, A.
Title (down) Evaluation of stormwater management approaches and challenges in urban flood control Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Urban Climate Abbreviated Journal
Volume 51 Issue Pages 101643
Keywords Flood risk, Green infrastructure (GI), Stormwater management, Stormwater modelling, Vulnerability assessment, Urban floods
Abstract Across the globe, the damage caused by urban floods has increased manifold. The unchecked development has encroached the natural drainage, and the conventional drainage systems are inadequate in handling the augmented hydrological response. To counter this, a variety of approaches with the ability to adjust within the constraints of complex environments by managing surface runoff are being widely investigated and applied worldwide. These can put the flood water to better use, and the ecological balance may get restored. This review discusses recent progress made in the area of Green Infrastructure (GI), modelling tools that help in stormwater management, vulnerability analysis and flood risk assessment. Different ways of handling the problem are summarized through an extensive literature survey. The gaps and barriers that impede the implementation of stormwater management solutions and strategies for further improvement have also been presented. A case study of Gurugram city, India depicting the challenges being faced by urban flooding and the possible solutions through an expert survey is also presented.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Arya2023101643 Serial 224
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