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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 384, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121362
Keywords
Wetland; Uranium; Redox transformations; Soil incubation; X-ray absorption spectroscopy
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- IRSN/IMPMC collaborative research program [LS 20218/C151903-P150778]
- Region Ile de France, DIM R2DS PhD grant [2015-03]
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Reducing conditions and high organic carbon content make wetlands favorable to uranium (U) sequestration. However, such environments are subjected to water-table fluctuations that could impact the redox behavior of U and its mobility. Our previous study on U speciation in a contaminated wetland has suggested a major role of water-table redox fluctuations in the redistribution of U from U(IV)-phosphate minerals to organic U(VI) and U(IV) mononuclear species. Here, we investigate the mechanisms of these putative processes by mimicking drying or flooding periods via laboratory incubations of wetland samples. LCF-XANES and EXAFS analyses show the total oxidation/reduction of U(IV)/U(VI)-mononuclear species after 20 days of oxic/anoxic incubation, whereas U-phosphate minerals are partly oxidized/reduced. SEM-EDXS combined with mu-XRF and mu-XANES analyses suggest that autunite Ca(UO2)(2)(PO4)(2)center dot 11H(2)O is reduced into lermontovite U(PO4)(OH)center dot H2O, whereas oxidized ningyoite CaU(PO4)(2)center dot 2H(2)O is locally dissolved. The release of U from this latter process is observed to be limited by U(VI) adsorption to the soil matrix and further re-reduction into mononuclear U(IV) upon anoxic cycling. Analysis of incubation waters show, however, that dissolved organic carbon enhances U solubilization even under anoxic conditions. This study brings important information that help to assess the long-term stability of U in seasonally saturated organic-rich contaminated environments.
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