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Zelenina D, Kuzmenkova N, Sobolev D, Boldyrev K, Namsaraev Z, Artemiev G, Samylina O, Popova N, Safonov A. Biogeochemical Factors of Cs, Sr, U, Pu Immobilization in Bottom Sediments of the Upa River, Located in the Zone of Chernobyl Accident. BIOLOGY 2022; 12:biology12010010. [PMID: 36671703 PMCID: PMC9854679 DOI: 10.3390/biology12010010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Laboratory modeling of Cs, Sr, U, Pu immobilization by phytoplankton of the river Upa, affected after the Chernobyl accident, has been carried out. Certain conditions are selected for strong fixation of radionuclides in bottom sediments due to biogeochemical processes. The process of radionuclide removal from the water phase via precipitation was based on their accumulation by phytoplankton, stimulated by nitrogen and phosphorus sources. After eight days of stimulation, planktonic phototrophic biomass, dominated by cyanobacteria of the genus Planktothrix, appears in the water sample. The effectiveness of U, Pu and Sr purification via their transfer to bottom sediment was observed within one month. The addition of ammonium sulfate and phosphate (Ammophos) led to the activation of sulfate- and iron-reducing bacteria of the genera Desulfobacterota, Desulfotomaculum, Desulfosporomusa, Desulfosporosinus, Thermodesulfobium, Thiomonas, Thiobacillus, Sulfuritallea, Pseudomonas, which form sulphide ferrous precipitates such as pyrite, wurtzite, hydrotroillite, etc., in anaerobic bottom sediments. The biogenic mineral composition of the sediments obtained under laboratory conditions was verified via thermodynamic modeling.
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- Darya Zelenina
- A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, RAS, Obrucheva Str. 40, Moscow 117342, Russia
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- Radiochemistry Division, Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russia
- V. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, RAS, Kosygina Str. 19, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Nuclear Safety Institute, RAS, Bolshaya Tulskaya St. 52, Moscow 115191, Russia
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- Nuclear Safety Institute, RAS, Bolshaya Tulskaya St. 52, Moscow 115191, Russia
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- Kurchatov Centre for Genome Research, NRC Kurchatov Institute, Akad. Kurchatov Sq., 2, Moscow 123098, Russia
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- A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, RAS, Obrucheva Str. 40, Moscow 117342, Russia
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- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Centre for Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 60-Letiya Oktyabrya 7/2, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, RAS, Obrucheva Str. 40, Moscow 117342, Russia
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- A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, RAS, Obrucheva Str. 40, Moscow 117342, Russia
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Wang C, Myshkin VF, Khan VA, Panamareva AN. A review of the migration of radioactive elements in clay minerals in the context of nuclear waste storage. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-022-08394-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kurniawan TA, Othman MHD, Singh D, Avtar R, Hwang GH, Setiadi T, Lo WH. Technological solutions for long-term storage of partially used nuclear waste: A critical review. ANN NUCL ENERGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Kirishima A, Terasaki M, Miyakawa K, Okamoto Y, Akiyama D. Deep groundwater physicochemical components affecting actinide migration. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 289:133181. [PMID: 34875295 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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To better understand the migration behavior of actinides in deep groundwater (GW), the interactions between doped tracers and deep GW components were investigated. La, Sm, Ho, and U tracers (10 or 100 ppb) were doped into sedimentary rock GW samples collected from 250 to 350 m deep boreholes in the experimental gallery of the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory (URL), Hokkaido, Japan. To evaluate the effect of GW composition on the chemical speciation of actinides, the same tracers were doped into crystalline rock GW samples collected from 300 to 500 m deep boreholes in the experimental gallery at the Mizunami URL, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Each GW sample was sequentially filtered through a micro-pore filter (0.2 μm) and ultrafilters with a 10 kDa nominal molecular weight limit. Next, the filtrate solutions were analyzed using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry to determine the concentration of tracers retained in solution during each filtration step, and the used filters were analyzed using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry element mapping and X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy to determine the chemical species of the tracers trapped on each filter. It was determined that lanthanide migration was controlled by the amount of phosphates in the Horonobe GW. Therefore, it was expected that the solubility of minor actinides (MAs), which exhibit a similar chemical behavior to that of lanthanides, would be controlled by the formation of phosphates in sedimentary rock GW. Moreover, the data on the Mizunami GW indicated that a fraction of lanthanides and MAs formed hydroxides and/or hydroxocarbonates.
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- Akira Kirishima
- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 1-1 Katahira, 2-chome, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 1-1 Katahira, 2-chome, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan; Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan
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- Horonobe Underground Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Hokushin 432-2, Horonobe-cho, Hokkaido, 098-3224, Japan
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- Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kouto 1-1-1, Sayo-cho, Hyogo, 679-5148, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 1-1 Katahira, 2-chome, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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Shi Y, Zhou W, Wang J, Xian D, Tan Z, Du L, Li X, Pan D, Chen Z, Wu W, Liu C. Effect of pH on the formation of U(VI) colloidal particles in a natural groundwater. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-020-07591-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Andreadi N, Mitrofanov A, Matveev P, Volkova A, Kalmykov S. Heavy-Element Reactions Database (HERDB): Relativistic ab Initio Geometries and Energies for Actinide Compounds. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:13383-13389. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Nikolai Andreadi
- Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1−3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1−3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1−3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1−3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1−3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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