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It is known that uranium exists in groundwater mainly in form of anion complexes. Therefore uranium sorption on soil particles (anion exchange capacity of which is low) is weak. As a result uranium can migrate from the uranium containing waste deposits (waste rock pile, tailings ponds, etc.) causing groundwater contamination. In Hungary in the frame of EU sponsored PEREBAR project a pilot-scale permeable reactive barrier (PRB) was built in 2002 for in situ treatment of uranium contaminated groundwater. The installation still works. The results of the six years experiment are discussed bellow.
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Csővári, M., Földing, G., Csicsák, J., Frucht, É. (2008). Experience gained from the experimental permeable reactive barrier installed on the former uranium mining site. In: Merkel, B.J., Hasche-Berger, A. (eds) Uranium, Mining and Hydrogeology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87746-2_20
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