PT Journal
AU Uhrie, JL
   Drever, JI
   Colberg, PJS
   Nesbitt, CC
TI In situ immobilization of heavy metals associated with uranium leach mines by bacterial sulfate reduction
SO Hydrometallurgy
PY 1996
BP 231
EP 239
VL 43
IS 1
AB 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.
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