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Bioremediation of nuclear wastes by biomineralisation processes

Reference	E14641
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Lynne Macaskie
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Marion PatersonBeedle
Institution	University of Birmingham
Department	Sch of Biosciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	214,024
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/04/2001
End date	30/09/2004
Duration	42 months

Abstract

Biomineralisation of hydrogen uranyl phosphate (HUP) removes uranyl ion; HUP can be a host crystal for intercalative ion exchange or co-crystallative removal of problematic nuclide fission product (FP) like Co- 60, Sr-90 and Cs-137. Established biomineralisation processes will be applied to the co-treatment of U-238, its fissile U-235 isotope and the FP in real nuclear wastes using novel safety development. Initial tests will use 'cold' surrogates of FP for solution/solid state analyses and process modelling; later work will use real wastes in a test rig in Korea, with established models extended to process intensification.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Engineering & Biological Systems (EBS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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