@inproceedings{235c1e566e0d48f49d325607e267d20a,
title = "Removal of U(VI) from nuclear waste solutions by bio-sorbents",
abstract = "Six bio-sorbents were used to remove uranium from simulated radioactive solutions UO2(NO3)(2). Three types of peats, Polytrichium moss, Eichharnia crassipes water plant and Cladonia stellaris lichen were used. About 2.7 mg of uranium per 1 g of sorbent was found in the peat samples after their interaction with UO2(NO3)(2) solution (uranium initial concentration was 26 mg/L, pH 4.4) during 24 hours. Polytrichium moss, Cladonia stellaris lichen and Eichharnia crassipes water plant were less effective: 2.3, 2.1 and 0.6 mg of uranium per g of the sorbent respectively. The sorption on the peats is described by Freundlich isotherm. Numerous spherical compounds containing uranium 10 nanometers in diameter were found in the newly formed biotic sediments on the Polytrichium moss after the experiment. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V.",
keywords = "nuclear waste, radioactive solution, biosorbtion",
author = "Anatoliy Boguslavsky and Nataliya Yurkevich and Olga Gaskova and Olga Shemelina",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1016/j.proeps.2017.01.020",
language = "English",
series = "Procedia Earth and Planetary Science",
publisher = "Elsevier Science B.V.",
pages = "766--769",
editor = "JM Marques and A Chambel",
booktitle = "15TH WATER-ROCK INTERACTION INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, WRI-15",
address = "Netherlands",
note = "15th Water-Rock Interaction International Symposium (WRI) ; Conference date: 16-10-2016 Through 21-10-2016",
}