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ACS ES&T WATER
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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.3c00159
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bioremediation; in situ; mineralization; groundwater; radiostrontium
Injection of saturated calcium phosphate solution has the potential to reduce the concentration of strontium-90 in contaminated groundwater, making it a valuable tool for remediating radioactivity at nuclear sites.
Historical operations at nuclear mega-facilities such as Hanford, USA, and Sellafield, UK have led to a legacy of radioactivity-contaminated land. Calcium phosphate phases (e.g., hydroxyapatite) can adsorb and/or incorporate radionuclides, including Sr-90. Past work has shown that aqueous injection of Ca-phosphate-generating solutions into the contaminated ground on both laboratory and field scales can reduce the amount of aqueous Sr-90 in the systems. Here, two microbially mediated phosphate amendment techniques which precipitated Ca-phosphate, (i) Ca-citrate/Na-phosphate and (ii) glycerol phosphate, were tested in batch experiments alongside an abiotic treatment ((iii) polyphosphate), using stable Sr and site relevant groundwaters and sediments. All three amendments led to enhanced Sr removal from the solution compared to the sediment-only control. The Ca-citrate/Na-phosphate treatment removed 97%, glycerol phosphate 60%, and polyphosphate 55% of the initial Sr. At experimental end points, scanning electron microscopy showed that Sr-containing, Ca phosphate phases were deposited on sediment grains, and XAS analyses of the sediments amended with Ca-citrate/Na-phosphate and glycerol phosphate confirmed Sr incorporation into Ca-phosphates occurred. Overall, Ca-phosphate-generating treatments have the potential to be applied in a range of nuclear sites and are a key option within the toolkit for Sr-90 groundwater remediation.
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