A critical review on the occurrence and distribution of the uranium-and thorium-decay nuclides and their effect on the quality of groundwater

A Vengosh, RM Coyte, J Podgorski… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
This critical review presents the key factors that control the occurrence of natural elements
from the uranium-and thorium-decay series, also known as naturally occurring radioactive …

Love is in the Earth: A review of tellurium (bio) geochemistry in surface environments

OP Missen, R Ram, SJ Mills, B Etschmann, F Reith… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tellurium (Te) is a rare metalloid in the chalcogen group of the Periodic Table. Tellurium is
regularly listed as a critical raw material both due to its increased use in the solar industry …

Current understanding and research needs for ecological risk assessments of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) in subsea oil and gas pipelines

DJ Koppel, F Kho, A Hastings, D Crouch… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thousands of offshore oil and gas facilities are coming to the end of their life in jurisdictions
worldwide and will require decommissioning. In-situ decommissioning, where the subsea …

The elements of life: A biocentric tour of the periodic table

KA Remick, JD Helmann - Advances in microbial physiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Living systems are built from a small subset of the atomic elements, including the bulk
macronutrients (C, H, N, O, P, S) and ions (Mg, K, Na, Ca) together with a small but variable …

Determination and prediction of micro scale rare earth element geochemical associations in mine drainage treatment wastes

BC Hedin, MY Stuckman, CA Cravotta III, CL Lopano… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Acid mine drainage (AMD) has been proposed as a novel source of rare earth elements
(REE), a group of elements that includes critical metals for clean energy and modern …

[HTML][HTML] Current and future strategies for spent nuclear fuel management in Indonesia

R Ratiko, DS Wisnubroto, N Nasruddin… - Energy Strategy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Currently, Indonesia has only three nuclear research reactors. However, Indonesia is the
world's fourth most populous country. Owing to the enormous size and rapid growth of the …

Mechanism of coupling corrosion caused by flue gas and deposits in municipal solid waste incinerator: Roles of H2O (g), HCl, and SO2

H Li, H Liu, Y Huang, X Chen, X Zhang, J Li, L Xu… - Corrosion …, 2024 - Elsevier
The key corrosive media and coupling corrosion mechanism in waste incinerators were
investigated. The presence of H 2 O (g) and the fluctuation of HCl/SO 2 concentration …

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 …

Occurrence and geochemistry of lead-210 and polonium-210 radionuclides in public-drinking-water supplies from principal aquifers of the United States

Z Szabo, PE Stackelberg… - Environmental Science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
On the basis of lifetime cancer risks, lead-210 (210Pb) and polonium-210 (210Po)≥ 1.0 and
0.7 pCi/L (picocuries per liter), respectively, in drinking-water supplies may pose human …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the ecological impacts of NORM-contaminated scale on marine infauna using sediment microcosms

A MacIntosh, K Dafforn, B Penrose, A Chariton… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) can be found in decommissioned oil and
gas infrastructure (eg pipelines), including scales. The effects of NORM contaminants from …