Distribution of natural uranium in surface and groundwater resources: a review

A Waseem, H Ullah, MK Rauf… - Critical reviews in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Keeping in view the toxicity of uranium and to reduce exposure to uranium and avoid high
doses, it is essential to examine on routine bases the concentration of natural radionuclide …

Managing soils of environmental significance: A critical review

A Niu, C Lin - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Globally, environmentally significant soils (ESSs) mainly include acid sulfate, heavy metal
(loid)-contaminated, petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated, pesticide-contaminated, and …

Health risk assessment and spatial distribution characteristics of heavy metal pollution in rice samples from a surrounding hydrometallurgy plant area in No. 721 …

L Xiang, P Liu, X Jiang, P Chen - Journal of geochemical exploration, 2019 - Elsevier
In order to detect pollution status and spatial distribution characteristics of heavy metals in
rice samples from hydrometallurgy plant area in No. 721 uranium mining, East China, a total …

Pollution characteristics of soil heavy metals around two typical copper mining and beneficiation enterprises in Northwest China

L Liu, Y Lu, Y Shan, J Mi, Z Zhang, F Ni, J Zhang… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
In order to investigate the situation of heavy metal pollution in the heavy metal industry in
Gansu Province, a large copper mining province, two large and typical copper mining and …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal evolution of U and Th isotopes in a mine effluent highly polluted by Acid Mine Drainage (AMD)

JL Guerrero, N Suárez-Vaz, DC Paz-Gómez… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The spatiotemporal evolution of both U and Th isotopes in a mine effluent highly polluted by
acid mine drainage (AMD) was evaluated. The acidic tributary, which born from the outflows …

Geochemical behavior of heavy metals and radionuclides in a pit lake affected by acid mine drainage (AMD) in the Muskau Arch (Poland)

I Sekudewicz, M Syczewski, J Rohovec… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pit lakes in the 'anthropogenic lake district'in the Muskau Arch (western Poland; central
Europe) are strongly affected by acid mine drainage (AMD). The studied acidic pit lake, ŁK …

Characterization and processing of radioactive uranium containing waste sludge by sulfuric acid leaching

K Nalivaiko, S Skripchenko, S Titova… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
A large amount of solid radioactive uranium containing wastes are accumulated in sludge
dumps because of exploitation of nuclear industry enterprises. These dumps are located in …

[HTML][HTML] Sediments as sinks and sources of marine radionuclides: Implications for their use as ocean tracers

R Periáñez, U Abascal-Ruíz, JM López-Gutiérrez… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
A Lagrangian transport model for the North Atlantic has been applied to simulate the
historical releases of 137 Cs, 129 I and 236 U from the European nuclear fuel reprocessing …

Effects of uranium on the metabolism of zebrafish, Danio rerio

S Augustine, B Gagnaire, C Adam-Guillermin… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2012 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for nuclear energy results in heightened levels of uranium (U) in
aquatic systems which present a potential health hazard to resident organisms. The aim of …

Sorption kinetics, isotherms, and mechanism of aniline aerofloat to agricultural soils with various physicochemical properties

L Xiang, T Xiao, CH Mo, HM Zhao, YW Li, H Li… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Aniline aerofloat (AAF), a high-toxic organic flotation reagent, is widely used in mineral
processing industry. However, little information on its environmental fate is available. AAF …