The microbiology of nuclear waste disposal. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jonathan R. Lloyd, Andrea Cherkouk.
• Editors: Lloyd, Jonathan R; Cherkouk, Andrea
• Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Waste types and national inventories; 3. Analogue sites; 4. Deep subsurface baseline geomicrobiology; 5. Molecular techniques for understanding microbial abundance and activity in wasteforms; 6. Organic materials and their microbial fate in radioactive waste; 7. Microbial impacts on gas production in ILW; Finnish perspective; 8. Halophilic microbial metabolism and impact on radwaste disposal in salt deposits; 9. ILW and the biobarrier concept; 10. Microbial transformations of radionuclides in radwaste; 11. Bentonite geomicrobiology; 12. Modeling approaches to support safety case development; 13. Microbial production and metabolism of hydrogen in GDFs; 14. Stakeholder engagement; communicating microbial impacts on radwaste to key stakeholders
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 621.4838; Radioactive wastes -- Biodegradation; Radioactive waste disposal
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128186961
• Related ISBNs: 9780128186954
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