| DOI: | 10.2172/1176791
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| 报告号: | Final Report
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| 报告题名: | Radiochemically-Supported Microbial Communities: A Potential Mechanism for Biocolloid Production of Importance to Actinide Transport |
| 作者: | Moser, Duane P1; Hamilton-Brehm, Scott D1; Fisher, Jenny C1; Bruckner, James C1; Kruger, Brittany1; Sackett, Joshua1; Russell, Charles E1; Onstott, Tullis C2; Czerwinski, Ken3
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| 出版年: | 2014
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| 发表日期: | 2014-06-01
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| 国家: | 美国
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 英文关键词: | Due to the legacy of Cold War nuclear weapons testing
; the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS
; formerly known as the Nevada Test Site (NTS)) contains millions of Curies of radioactive contamination. Presented here is a summary of the results of the first comprehensive study of subsurface microbial communities of radioactive and nonradioactive aquifers at this site. To achieve the objectives of this project
; cooperative actions between the Desert Research Institute (DRI)
; the Nevada Field Office of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
; the Underground Test Area Activity (UGTA)
; and contractors such as Navarro-Interra (NI)
; were required. Ultimately
; fluids from 17 boreholes and two water-filled tunnels were sampled (sometimes on multiple occasions and from multiple depths) from the NNSS
; the adjacent Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR)
; and a reference hole in the Amargosa Valley near Death Valley. The sites sampled ranged from highly-radioactive nuclear device test cavities to uncontaminated perched and regional aquifers. Specific areas sampled included recharge
; intermediate
; and discharge zones of a 100
; 000-km2 internally-draining province
; known as the Death Valley Regional Flow System (DVRFS)
; which encompasses the entirety of the NNSS/NTTR and surrounding areas. Specific geological features sampled included: West Pahute and Ranier Mesas (recharge zone)
; Yucca and Frenchman Flats (transitional zone)
; and the Western edge of the Amargosa Valley near Death Valley (discharge zone). The original overarching question underlying the proposal supporting this work was stated as: Can radiochemically-produced substrates support indigenous microbial communities and subsequently stimulate biocolloid formation that can affect radionuclides in NNSS subsurface nuclear test/detonation sites? Radioactive and non-radioactive groundwater samples were thus characterized for physical parameters
; aqueous geochemistry
; and microbial communities using both DNA- and cultivation-based tools in an effort to understand the drivers of microbial community structure (including radioactivity) and microbial interactions with select radionuclides and other factors across the range of habitats surveyed.
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| 中文主题词: | 放射性核素
; 钻孔
; 地球化学
; 含水层
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| 主题词: | RADIONUCLIDES
; BOREHOLES
; GEOCHEMISTRY
; AQUIFERS
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| 英文摘要: | Due to the legacy of Cold War nuclear weapons testing, the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS, formerly known as the Nevada Test Site (NTS)) contains millions of Curies of radioactive contamination. Presented here is a summary of the results of the first comprehensive study of subsurface microbial communities of radioactive and nonradioactive aquifers at this site. To achieve the objectives of this project, cooperative actions between the Desert Research Institute (DRI), the Nevada Field Office of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the Underground Test Area Activity (UGTA), and contractors such as Navarro-Interra (NI), were required. Ultimately, fluids from 17 boreholes and two water-filled tunnels were sampled (sometimes on multiple occasions and from multiple depths) from the NNSS, the adjacent Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), and a reference hole in the Amargosa Valley near Death Valley. The sites sampled ranged from highly-radioactive nuclear device test cavities to uncontaminated perched and regional aquifers. Specific areas sampled included recharge, intermediate, and discharge zones of a 100,000-km2 internally-draining province, known as the Death Valley Regional Flow System (DVRFS), which encompasses the entirety of the NNSS/NTTR and surrounding areas. Specific geological features sampled included: West Pahute and Ranier Mesas (recharge zone), Yucca and Frenchman Flats (transitional zone), and the Western edge of the Amargosa Valley near Death Valley (discharge zone). The original overarching question underlying the proposal supporting this work was stated as: Can radiochemically-produced substrates support indigenous microbial communities and subsequently stimulate biocolloid formation that can affect radionuclides in NNSS subsurface nuclear test/detonation sites? Radioactive and non-radioactive groundwater samples were thus characterized for physical parameters, aqueous geochemistry, and microbial communities using both DNA- and cultivation-based tools in an effort to understand the drivers of microbial community structure (including radioactivity) and microbial interactions with select radionuclides and other factors across the range of habitats surveyed. |
| URL: | http://www.osti.gov/scitech/servlets/purl/1176791
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| 资源类型: | 研究报告
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/41513
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| Appears in Collections: | 过去全球变化的重建
影响、适应和脆弱性
科学计划与规划
气候变化与战略
全球变化的国际研究计划
气候减缓与适应
气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: | 1. DRI
2. Princeton University
3. University of Nevada-L
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Moser, Duane P,Hamilton-Brehm, Scott D,Fisher, Jenny C,et al. Radiochemically-Supported Microbial Communities: A Potential Mechanism for Biocolloid Production of Importance to Actinide Transport. 2014-01-01.
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