ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2023
Impact of microbial processes on the safety of deep geological repositories for radioactive waste.
Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Bioactivity of microbial biofilms in extreme environments.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- Microbial Corrosion of Copper Under Conditions Simulating Deep Radioactive Waste Disposal.Biology · 2024Article
- Insights into the Impact of Physicochemical and Microbiological Parameters on the Safety Performance of Deep Geological Repositories.Microorganisms · 2024Review
- Radioactive waste microbiology: predicting microbial survival and activity in changing extreme environments.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2024Review
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Abstract
To date, the increasing production of radioactive waste due to the extensive use of nuclear power is becoming a global environmental concern for society. For this reason, many countries have been considering the use of deep geological repositories (DGRs) for the safe disposal of this waste in the near future. Several DGR designs have been chemically, physically, and geologically well characterized. However, less is known about the influence of microbial processes for the safety of these disposal systems. The existence of microorganisms in many materials selected for their use as barriers for DGRs, including clay, cementitious materials, or crystalline rocks (e.g., granites), has previously been reported. The role that microbial processes could play in the metal corrosion of canisters containing radioactive waste, the transformation of clay minerals, gas production, and the mobility of the radionuclides characteristic of such residues is well known. Among the radionuclides present in radioactive waste, selenium (Se), uranium (U), and curium (Cm) are of great interest. Se and Cm are common components of the spent nuclear fuel residues, mainly as
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