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Effects of gamma irradiation and Shewanella putrefaciens on the sorption of uranium by goethite

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Batch experiments were carried out to investigate the influence of gamma irradiation and an iron-reducing bacterium (Shewanella putrefaciens) on the sorption of uranium by goethite in an anoxic condition. Samples were irradiated using a Co-60 gamma source for 5 days at a dose rate of 2 Gy/h for a total dose of 230 Gy. The ionizing radiation and microbial activity may induce the reductive dissolution of goethite, which subsequently may influence the redox behavior of uranium in a deep geological environment. Moreover, gamma irradiation improves the microbial activity, which resulted in the increase of the sorption of uranium.

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This work was supported by the National Nuclear R&D program (2012M2A8A5025589) through the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) of Korea.

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Lee, JK., Lee, SY., Jeong, J. et al. Effects of gamma irradiation and Shewanella putrefaciens on the sorption of uranium by goethite. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 307, 2301–2306 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4552-0

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