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Technical considerations for the implementation of subsurface microbial barriers for restoration of groundwater at UMTRA sites
Abstract
The Uranium Mill Tailings Remediation Action (UMTRA) Program is responsible for the assessment and remedial action at the 24 former uranium mill tailings sites located in the United States. The surface remediation phase, which has primarily focused on containment and stabilization of the abandoned uranium mill tailings piles, is nearing completion. Attention has now turned to the groundwater restoration phase. One alternative under consideration for groundwater restoration at UMTRA sites is the use of in-situ permeable reactive subsurface barriers. In this type of a system, contaminated groundwater will be allowed to flow naturally through a barrier filled with material which will remove hazardous constituents from the water by physical, chemical or microbial processes while allowing passage of the pore water. The subject of this report is a reactive barrier which would remove uranium and other contaminants of concern from groundwater by microbial action (i.e., a microbial barrier). The purpose of this report is to assess the current state of this technology and to determine issues that must be addressed in order to use this technology at UMTRA sites. The report focuses on six contaminants of concern at UMTRA sites including uranium, arsenic, selenium, molybdenum, cadmium and chromium. In the firstmore »
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 266371
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-96-1459
ON: DE96012418; TRN: 96:016959
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Jan 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; GROUND WATER; REMEDIAL ACTION; URANIUM; MILL TAILINGS; BIODEGRADATION; APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; CONTAINMENT; METALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
Citation Formats
Tucker, M D. Technical considerations for the implementation of subsurface microbial barriers for restoration of groundwater at UMTRA sites. United States: N. p., 1996.
Web. doi:10.2172/266371.
Tucker, M D. Technical considerations for the implementation of subsurface microbial barriers for restoration of groundwater at UMTRA sites. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/266371
Tucker, M D. 1996.
"Technical considerations for the implementation of subsurface microbial barriers for restoration of groundwater at UMTRA sites". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/266371. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/266371.
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title = {Technical considerations for the implementation of subsurface microbial barriers for restoration of groundwater at UMTRA sites},
author = {Tucker, M D},
abstractNote = {The Uranium Mill Tailings Remediation Action (UMTRA) Program is responsible for the assessment and remedial action at the 24 former uranium mill tailings sites located in the United States. The surface remediation phase, which has primarily focused on containment and stabilization of the abandoned uranium mill tailings piles, is nearing completion. Attention has now turned to the groundwater restoration phase. One alternative under consideration for groundwater restoration at UMTRA sites is the use of in-situ permeable reactive subsurface barriers. In this type of a system, contaminated groundwater will be allowed to flow naturally through a barrier filled with material which will remove hazardous constituents from the water by physical, chemical or microbial processes while allowing passage of the pore water. The subject of this report is a reactive barrier which would remove uranium and other contaminants of concern from groundwater by microbial action (i.e., a microbial barrier). The purpose of this report is to assess the current state of this technology and to determine issues that must be addressed in order to use this technology at UMTRA sites. The report focuses on six contaminants of concern at UMTRA sites including uranium, arsenic, selenium, molybdenum, cadmium and chromium. In the first section of this report, the fundamental chemical and biological processes that must occur in a microbial barrier to control the migration of contaminants are described. The second section contains a literature review of research which has been conducted on the use of microorganisms to immobilize heavy metals. The third section addresses areas which need further development before a microbial barrier can be implemented at an UMTRA site.},
doi = {10.2172/266371},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/266371},
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year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1996}
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