Transport of U(VI) through sediments amended with phosphate to induce in situ uranium immobilization

Mehta, Vrajesh S.; Maillot, Fabien; Wang, Zheming; Catalano, Jeffrey G.; Giammar, Daniel E.

doi:10.1016/j.watres.2014.11.044

Title: Transport of U(VI) through sediments amended with phosphate to induce in situ uranium immobilization

Journal Article · Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Water Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2014.11.044· OSTI ID:1771312

Mehta, Vrajesh S. ^[1]; Maillot, Fabien ^[1]; Wang, Zheming ^[2]; Catalano, Jeffrey G. ^[1];

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Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Phosphate amendments can be added to U(VI)-contaminated subsurface environments to promote in situ remediation. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the impacts of phosphate addition on the transport of U(VI) through contaminated sediments. In batch experiments using sediments (<2 mm size fraction) from a site in Rifle, Colorado, U(VI) only weakly adsorbed due to the dominance of the aqueous speciation by CaeU(VI)-carbonate complexes. Column experiments with these sediments were performed with flow rates that correspond to a groundwater velocity of 1.1 m/day. In the absence of phosphate, the sediments took up 1.68e1.98 mg U/g of sediments when the synthetic groundwater influent contained 4 mM U(VI). When U(VI)-free influents were then introduced with and without phosphate, substantially more uranium was retained within the column when phosphate was present in the influent. Sequential extractions of sediments from the columns revealed that uranium was uniformly distributed along the length of the columns and was primarily in forms that could be extracted by ion exchange and contact with a weak acid. Laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy (LIFS) analysis along with sequential extraction results suggest adsorption as the dominant uranium uptake mechanism. The response of dissolved uranium concentrations to stopped-flow events and the comparison of experimental data with simulations from a simple reactive transport model indicated that uranium adsorption to and desorption from the sediments was not always at local equilibrium.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830; SC0006857; AC06-76RLO-1830

OSTI ID:: 1771312

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1365598

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-109666

Journal Information:: Water Research, Vol. 69; ISSN 0043-1354

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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