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Microbial influence in Spanish bentonite slurry microcosms: Unveiling a-year long geochemical evolution and early-stage copper corrosion related to nuclear waste repositories
Environmental Pollution, Volume: 358, Start page: 124491
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Adam Mumford, Jesus Ojeda Ledo
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The deep geological repository (DGR) concept consists of storing radioactive waste in metal canisters, surrounded by compacted bentonite, and placed deeply into a geological formation. Here, bentonite slurry microcosms with copper canisters, inoculated with bacterial consortium and amended with acet...
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Microbial influence in Spanish bentonite slurry microcosms: Unveiling a-year long geochemical evolution and early-stage copper corrosion related to nuclear waste repositories |
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Microbial influence in Spanish bentonite slurry microcosms: Unveiling a-year long geochemical evolution and early-stage copper corrosion related to nuclear waste repositories Adam Mumford Jesus Ojeda Ledo |
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Microbial influence in Spanish bentonite slurry microcosms: Unveiling a-year long geochemical evolution and early-stage copper corrosion related to nuclear waste repositories |
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Microbial influence in Spanish bentonite slurry microcosms: Unveiling a-year long geochemical evolution and early-stage copper corrosion related to nuclear waste repositories |
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The deep geological repository (DGR) concept consists of storing radioactive waste in metal canisters, surrounded by compacted bentonite, and placed deeply into a geological formation. Here, bentonite slurry microcosms with copper canisters, inoculated with bacterial consortium and amended with acetate, lactate and sulfate were set up to investigate their geochemical evolution over a year under anoxic conditions. The impact of microbial communities on the corrosion of the copper canisters in an early-stage (45 days) was also assessed. The amended bacterial consortium and electron donors/acceptor accelerated the microbial activity, while the heat-shocked process had a retarding effect. The microbial communities partially oxidize lactate to acetate, which is subsequently consumed when the lactate is depleted. Early-stage microbial communities showed that the bacterial consortium reduced microbial diversity with Pseudomonas and Stenotrophomonas dominating the community. However, sulfate-reducing bacteria such as Desulfocurvibacter, Anaerosolibacter, and Desulfosporosinus were enriched coupling oxidation of lactate/acetate with reduction of sulfates. The generated biogenic sulfides, which could mediate the conversion of copper oxides (possibly formed by trapped oxygen molecules on the bentonite or driven by the reduction of H2O) to copper sulfide (Cu2S), were identified by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Overall, these findings shed light on the ideal geochemical conditions that would affect the stability of DGR barriers, emphasizing the impact of the SRB on the corrosion of the metal canisters, the gas generation, and the interaction with components of the bentonite. |
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