Advanced Science and Technology for Biological Decontamination of Sites Affected by Chemical and Radiological Nuclear Agents

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVIII

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2. Site Characterisation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages I-XVIII

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   2. METHODOLOGY AND APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE INVESTIGATIONS OF LARGE INDUSTRIAL SITES IN ORDER TO OBTAIN OPTIMAL COST/BENEFIT RATIOS: CASE STUDY OF THE ISAB – ERG PETROLI REFINERY AT PRIOLO GARGALLO (SR), ITALY

      • M. PUPEZA, P. GIGLI, F. DUCCO, E. MICALIZIO

      Pages 3-13

   3. RADIATION CONTAMINATION OF FOREST ECOSYSTEMS INVESTIGATION: FIELD EXPERIMENTS, MODELING AND SIMULATION

      • OLEKSANDR ORLOV, ANDRIY KOVALCHUK, VYACHESLAV LEVITSKY, IGOR SAMOLYUK, VALENTYN YANCHUK

      Pages 15-44

   4. RISK ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF MILITARY AND AMMUNITION SITES

      • ANDRÉ GERTH, ANJA HEBNER

      Pages 45-57

3. Biological Bases of Biological Remediation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages I-XVIII

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   2. MICROBIAL SYSTEMS FOR IN-SITU SOIL AND GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION

      • L. DIELS, R. LOOKMAN

      Pages 61-77

   3. PLANT TAXONOMY FOR PHYTOREMEDIATION

      • STANISŁAW W. GAWRONSKI, HELENA GAWRONSKA

      Pages 79-88

   4. GENETIC VARIABILITY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING IN PHYTOREMEDIATION

      • NELSON MARMIROLI

      Pages 89-108

4. Feasibility Studies and Practical Implementation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages I-XVIII

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   2. DECHLORINATION OF CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS BY ZERO-VALENT IRON NANO-PARTICLES

      • M. PUPEZA, M. CERNIK, M. GRECO

      Pages 111-118

   3. REMEDIATION ALTERNATIVES ON HIGH TOXICITY AND DANGEROUS SITES

      • DAVID L. RUSSELL

      Pages 119-138

   4. FROM LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS TO LARGE SCALE APPLICATION – AN EXAMPLE OF THE PHYTOREMEDIATION OF RADIONUCLIDES

      • PETR SOUDEK, ŠÁRKA VALENOVÁ, DAGMAR BENEŠOVÁ, TOMÁŠ VANĚK

      Pages 139-158

   5. PHYTOREMEDIATION – SOME CASE STUDIES CONDUCTED AT WAU

      • STANISLAW W. GAWRONSKI, HELENA GAWRONSKA

      Pages 159-175

   6. MANAGEMENT OF PASSIVE BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS FOR MINE EFFLUENTS

      • CHRISTIAN KUNZE, GUNTER KIEβIG, ANNETTE KÜCHLER

      Pages 177-195

   7. LESSONS FROM THE WASTEWATER FIELD

      • DAVID L. RUSSELL

      Pages 197-208

   8. PHYTOREMEDIATION OF EXPLOSIVES

      • T. VANEK, A. GERTH, Z. VAKRIKOVA, R. PODLIPNA, P. SOUDEK

      Pages 209-225

5. Regulatory Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages I-XVIII

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   2. GERMAN LAW FOR THE PREVENTION, IDENTIFICATION, INVESTIGATION, RISK ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SITES AND HARMFUL SOIL CHANGES

      • WOLF-UWE MARR

      Pages 229-256

   3. THE MAIN DIRECTIONS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND CCMS NATO WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF NRC CCMS

      • A.L. KOZELTSEV

      Pages 257-258

Pollution of soils and waters by human activities is an important and widespread problem. This pollution by, organic and inorganic substances can affect individual organisms, human populations, and ecosystems, each in its own unique way. In particular former military installations, often used for weapons production and nuclear power plants represent a ongoing and substantial threat to environment and human health because of the specific pollutants that can be released: Solvents, explosives, fuels, radionuclides, heavy metals, and metalloids all have been identified in the environment around these installations. Remediation technologies for these contaminated sites have been developed based on conventional systems utilising physical and chemical treatments, such as excavation and incineration, pump-and-treat methods, ultraviolet oxidation, soil washing, etc. These approaches are usually very expensive, and can involve the removal of large amounts of soil or water, which often leads to resources depletion and limitation in the future utilisation of the site. Recently, new decontamination approaches, based on living organisms, in particular micro-organisms and plants, have been researched and developed as a more sustainable alternative because they have lower costs, reduced environmental impacts, and increased public acceptance. Development of biological decontamination techniques has been carried out in several laboratories and research institutions worldwide, and practical applications on contaminated sites have been recorded in several countries. In the USA and Canada several commercial companies have been utilizing these approaches for years, alongside conventional techniques, with great success:; a good examples can be found is in the U. S.

• Bioremediation
• Groundwater
• Phytoremediation
• biotechnology
• ecosystem
• ecosystems
• genetic engineering
• pollution
• toxicity
• water quality and water pollution

• University of Parma, Italy

  Nelson Marmiroli, Marta Marmiroli

• Zhytomyr State Technological University, Ukraine

  Borys Samotokin

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