Characterization and remediation of soils contaminated with uranium (original) (raw)

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Environmental contamination caused by radionuclides, in particular by uranium and its decay products is a serious problem worldwide. The development of nuclear science and technology has led to increasing nuclear waste containing uranium being released and disposed in the environment.

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Fig. 1. Radionuclide transformation processes in soil (kj—reaction rate) [7]. Another problem is the contamination of soil and water with depleted uranium, which has increased public health concerns due to the chemical toxicity of DU at elevated dosages [29-33]. For this reason, there is great interest in developing methods for U removal from contaminated sources.

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Average radioactivity of uranium in several types of rocks and soils [46] Table 1

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Radioactive characteristics of natural uranium [51] Table 2

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Fig. 2. Activities with impact on soil contamination with uranium and uranium compounds [55-60]. Contamination of the soil can occur either from deposition of uranium originally discharged into the atmosphere, or from waste products discharged directly into or on the ground (e.g., water

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Normalized uranium effluent discharges from various activities involving uranium [58]

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Fig. 3. Eh-pH and uranium species distributions as a function on pH for oxidizing and mildly reducing conditions (adapted upon [88,89].

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Fig. 6. Calculated uranium speciation in the system UO2-PO4-CO3-OH-H20 at over-saturation at t=25°C [101]. Fig. 4. The effect of pH and concentration of carbon dioxide (log C) on the speciation of uranium in ground water assumed as a closed system [94

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Fig. 5. Eh-pH diagram for uranium (0.01-0.5 mg U/L) in dolomitic water (adapted upon [100]).

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possibly chloride are potentially important uranyl species where concentrations of these anions are high. However, their stability is considerably less than the carbonate and phosphate complexes [82]. Fig. 7. Eh-pH diagram and uranium speciation in present of sulfates at t=25°C (concentrations of U-ions: 0.01 mg/L; concentrations of sulfate-ions: 0.1 mg/L) [102]. (1) UO}* ; (2) U(SO4)?*; (3) U4*; (4) UO2(SO4)”; (5) U(SO4)$; (6) UO2; (7) UO2(SO)?-; (8) UO2(OH)2H20; (9) U30g; (10) Uso.

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Physical characteristics of uranium compounds [61] Table 4 material is transferred from the lungs of animals quite slowly (http://web.ead.anl.gov/uranium/guide/ucompound/health/index. cfm). As was highlighted above, the mobility of uranium in soil is mainly controlled by complexation and redox reactions [78,130,131]:

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Basic options for remediations of uranium-contaminated soils [3,133-140]

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Fig. 8. Classification of remediation techniques by function [133].

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Fig. 9. Remediation alternative evaluation in relation with aims and performance [adapted upon 139-143].

Fig. 10. Estimated operating costs of some available remediation technologies for contaminated soils (http://www.clu-in.org/download/toolkity/metals.pdf). The Eh-pH diagrams (Figs. 3-7) indicate that sorption onto soil can be strongly influenced by the pH of the soil solution and, to a lesser extent, by the presence of calcium, suggesting specific chem- ical interactions between U(VI) and the soil matrix, so that the remediation process will depend on the same factors like those

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Concentrations dry weight basis and distribution of uranium in soils [149,150 Table 6

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Fig. 11. Speciation of uranium depending on CO3?~ concentration (adapted upon [204-206]). Phillips et al. [162] applied a process for concentrating uraniun from contaminated soils in which uranium is first extracted witl bicarbonate and then the extracted uranium is precipitated witl U(VI)-reducing microorganisms. Their results demonstrate tha bicarbonate extraction of uranium from soil followed by microbia U(VI) reduction might be an effective mechanism for concentratins uranium from some contaminated soils.

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Selected DU chemical soil extraction methods [197] 4 Values interpolated from publication. Table 7 This stable water-soluble complex forms easily under ambient conditions. Fig. 11 presents the dominating complexes of UO22* as 1 function of [CO3]?~ [206-208].

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acid as an agent to mobilize and extract uranium from contami- nated soils. Some results indicated that citric acid is highly effective in removing uranium, and that the extraction efficiency increases with increasing citric acid concentration, especially under slightly acidic to alkaline conditions [212,214,215]. Bench scale experiments described by Kulpa and Hughes [197] showed that a certain soil could be treated effectively using a 0.2 M sodium bicarbonate solution at a temperature of approximately 320°C and a retention time of 1.5h and concluded that chemical treatment using carbonate extraction achieved removal efficien- cies of up to 90%. A pilot plant designed to process 2-ton batches of contaminated soil indicated that chemical extraction soil washing would result in contaminant removal efficiencies of approximately 82% and volume reductions of 95% [197].

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Fig. 12. Soil washing process simplified flow diagram [195].

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Fig. 13. A simplified process flow diagram which illustrates methods of uranium removal in the two-stage leaching procedure [218].

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Fig. 14. Pathways for uranium transformation in the presence of enzymes [91].

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Redox reactions and potentials [275] * Standards redox potentials. > Reduction potential under conditions: PCO2 = 10-3 atm, pH 7.4, DU(VI)(aq) = 10-8 M, Fe?* = 4.5 x 10-5 M, Mn** =3.5 x 10-5 M, Ca?* = 10-15 M. © Reduction potential under experimental conditions: PCO2 = 10-15 atm, pH 7.4, DU(VI)aq) = 10-® M, Fe?* =4.5 x 10-5 M, Mn?* = 3.5 x 10-5 M, Ca?* = 10-35 M. Note that [Ca? is a dependence of PCO2.

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Fig. 15. Microbial reduction of U(VI) to U(IV) (adapted upon Ginder-Vogel et al. [292]).

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Fig. 16. Eh-pH diagram of U(VI)aq equilibrium with UO2(am) without Ca?* (a) and with calcite (b) (for ZU(VI)aq= 10-8 M, at log PCO2 =—3.5 and log PCO, =—1.5; fo comparisons, the Fe(OH)3/Fe?* (Fe2* = 10-4 M) redox transition is shown as a dotted line) [272].

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Fig. 17. Schematic in situ electrokinetic remediation system [349].

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Fig. 18. Schematic ex situ electrokinetic remediation system [349].

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