Open AccessMethods for environmental monitoring of DOE waste disposal and storage sites. Semiannual progress report, November 1, 1986--March 31, 1987
Author(s) -
N. W. Revis,
Tanya R. Osborne,
Sally Benson
Publication year - 1987
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/563986
Subject(s) - environmental remediation , mercury (programming language) , sulfate , environmental science , heavy metals , waste management , cadmium , contamination , environmental chemistry , oak ridge national laboratory , environmental engineering , chemistry , engineering , ecology , biology , physics , organic chemistry , computer science , nuclear physics , programming language
The Oak Ridge Research Institute has addressed the question of whether sulfate-reducing bacteria can be used in the remediation of heavy metal contamination. The authors have performed experiments in which mercury, lead, and cadmium have been removed from liquid media in which sulfate-reducing bacteria were growing. It is clear that heavy metals can be precipitated from solution by sulfate-reducers. The authors believe that the activity of these organisms can be enhanced to help stabilize mercury and other metals in waste holding pond sludges, sediments and in contaminated soils