Rajesh Sani

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Projects

Mechanisms of nanocrystalline uraninite oxidation by iron minerals under of sulfate-reducing bacteria

Lead Institution

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Principal Investigator

Rajesh Sani

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Uranium (U) is the most common radionuclide in soils, sediments, and groundwater at many sites including U.S. DOE sites and is therefore of particular environmental concern. Subsurface bacteria such…

Characterization of Biologically Reduced U Particles

Lead Institution

Montana State University

Principal Investigator

Brent Peyton

Project type

Exploratory Research

In collaboration with Dr. Jim Amonette (PNNL, we are working on reduction of Uranium(VI) under sulfate reducing conditions in the presence of iron minerals. U(VI) dissolved in a growth medium was…