Sulfide and iron work together to reveal a new path for radionuclide sequestration
Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 08:30
in Earth & Climate
As an ongoing concern for the Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research (DOE-BER), bioremediation strategies that either remove contaminants or retard their mobility in the environment are long-sought-after solutions. Technetium-99, an isotope generated from nuclear fission stemming from Manhattan Project-era plutonium processing, is among the high-priority radionuclides requiring environmental controls.