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. 2012 Mar;70(3):442-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.11.016. Epub 2011 Nov 12.

Effect of microorganisms on the plutonium oxidation states

Benedikta Lukšienė  1 , Rūta Druteikienė, Dalia Pečiulytė, Dalis Baltrūnas, Vidmantas Remeikis, Algimantas Paškevičius
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Effect of microorganisms on the plutonium oxidation states

Benedikta Lukšienė et al. Appl Radiat Isot. 2012 Mar.

Abstract

Particular microbes from substrates at the low-level radioactive waste repository in the Ignalina NPP territory were exposed to (239)Pu (IV) at low pH under aerobic conditions. Pu(III) and Pu(IV) were separated and quantitatively evaluated using the modified anion exchange method and alpha spectrometry. Tested bacteria Bacillus mycoides and Serratia marcescens were more effective in Pu reduction than Rhodococcus fascians. Fungi Paecillomyces lilacinus and Absidia spinosa var. spinosa as well as bacterium Rhodococcus fascians did not alter the plutonium oxidation state.

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