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Subsurface
Microbial
Community
Stimulated
to
Immobilize
Uranium
Plume
The
first
demonstration
of a
feasible
process
for the in situ immobilization of uranium as a bioremediation strategy was conducted by a team of scientists from the University of Massachusetts, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the University of Tennessee, and several other institutions. Under field conditions, the team demonstrated that microorganisms can be stimulated to immobilize uranium in the subsurface. ....[more]
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Wells at Old Rifle mine, CO inject
acetate into the ground to stimulate the
growth of microbes already in the soil.
Image courtesy of D. Lovley.
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