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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 155, Issue -, Pages 142-151Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.03.138
Keywords
Uranium; Radium; Ultrafiltration; Diffusive gradient in thin films; DGT; Wetland; Uranium mines
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- AREVA Mines France
- Hercules Foundation [UABR/11/010]
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The Diffusive Gradients in Thin films (DGT) technique was used to analyse U, Ra-226 and other trace metals in stream water and soil porewater in a wetland in France impacted by uranium mining. High resolution profiles of metals in soil porewater obtained by DGT could be measured for the first time up to a depth of 75 cm by the construction of a novel DGT holder. In stream water, the DGT technique was compared to speciation carried out by filtration (0.45 mu m) and ultrafiltration (UF) (500 kDa/100 kDa/10 kDa) and DGT porewater profiles were compared with piezometer data obtained in a parallel study. An increase in the trace concentrations of dissolved (0.45 gm) and particulate U, Ra-226, and elements such as Al, Fe, Mn and Ba was observed in the stream water as it passes through the bog as a results of mobilization from the wetland. The porewater results indicate DGT labile metals species to be present in porewater and mobilization of uranium and other elements linked to the presence of enriched clays. In stream water, colloids and particles govern the behavior of U, Al and Fe, whereas Mn, Ba and Ra are essentially transported as truly dissolved metal species with DGT labile concentrations accounting for 100% of the dissolved fraction. The combined approaches of DGT and UF allow us to obtain a better understanding on the biogeochemical processes involved in the retention and mobility of U and Ra-226 in the wetland. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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