%0 Journal Article
%T In situ immobilization of heavy metals associated with uranium leach mines by bacterial sulfate reduction
%A Uhrie, J. L.
%A Drever, J. I.
%A Colberg, P. J. S.
%A Nesbitt, C. C.
%J Hydrometallurgy
%D 1996
%V 43
%N 1
%@ 0304-386x
%F Uhrie_etal1996
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%X Laboratory experiments with mixed populations of sulfate-reducing bactreria were shown to mediate the removal of milligrams/liter concentrations of uranium, selenium, arsenic and vanadium from aqueous solution via reduction, precipitation and adsorption. Results of laboratory experiments with active sulfidogenic biomass suggest that injection of sulfate and a source of carbon could enhance anaerobic microbial activity in and around uranium leach mines leading to in situ immobilization contaminating metals.
%U https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0304386X9500087W
%P 231-239