Biotechnology for Waste Management and Site Restoration : Technological, Educational, Business, Political Aspects

__Biotechnology for Waste Management and Site Restoration__ covers: waste management - solid, gaseous, liquid; site restoration - radioactivity, organics, toxic metals; educational, economic, social and business aspects; and international collaboration. International collaboration is growing apace and many concrete projects have been started. The body of knowledge is growing. Over the long term, it is envisaged that this international collaboration will result in a long-term scientific and technological strategy, new technologies and alternative solutions, and practical implementations of biotechnology for the nuclear and industrial sectors of the economy. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Biotechnology: Technical Aspects....Pages 3-7 The Social, Economic, Business, and Policy Dimensions of Bioremediation Techniques....Pages 9-18 Biotechnology of Radioactive Wastes: A General Overview....Pages 19-28 The Interface Between Scientific Research Education and Training....Pages 29-32 Environmental Biotechnology in Research and Education....Pages 33-39 Front Matter....Pages 41-41 Radioactive Pollution....Pages 43-50 Physico-Chemical Characterization of Particle Fallout from a Damaged Nuclear Reactor — Consequences for Remediation Procedures....Pages 51-54 Radioecological Aspects on the Interaction of Radionuclides and Heavy Metals with Biomass: Methods for Speciation and Structural Information....Pages 55-59 The Possibility for Microbially-Influenced Degradation of Cement Solidified Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forms....Pages 61-67 Front Matter....Pages 69-69 Removal of Heavy Metal Ions....Pages 71-84 Heavy Metal Pollution....Pages 85-98 Complex Treatment of Drainage from Tailing Pond of Hydrometallurgical Plant Processed Uranium Ore....Pages 99-105 Iron Oxidation of Sulfuric Water Pickling Liquors by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans and Crystallisation of Ferric and Ammonium Sulphates....Pages 107-115 Front Matter....Pages 117-117 Utilisation of Chitin-Chitosan Biosorbents for Environmental Deactivation and Radioactive Waste Management....Pages 119-131 Aspects of the Production of Bio- and Phyto-Sorbents for Radionuclides and Heavy Metals....Pages 133-134 Physico-Chemical and Adsorption Properties of Bio-Sorbents and Mechanisms of Their Interaction with Radionuclides....Pages 135-139 Normative Aspects Biosorption: Is it Necessary to Standardize a Protocol for Comparing Biosorbents ?....Pages 141-146 Front Matter....Pages 147-147 Biological Gas Treatment: General Aspects....Pages 149-158 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Biotechnologies for Remediation of Organic Pollution....Pages 161-179 The Increase of Biological Treatment Efficiency in Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Wastewaters by Acclimated Microorganisms....Pages 181-186 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Microorganisms from Contaminated Soil....Pages 187-192 Front Matter....Pages 193-193 Application of Biotechnologies in the Management of Post-Accidental Wastes....Pages 195-204 Radiological Characterization of the Environmental Contamination of the Former Olen Radium Extraction Plant — Possibilities for Remediation....Pages 205-211 Prospect of Alternatives in Agro-Chemical Site Remediation....Pages 213-219 Behaviour of Radionuclides and Heavy Metals in Soils and Possibility of Elimination of their Negative Impact....Pages 221-224 Biotechnological Approaches to the Restoration of Areas Contaminated by Radioactivity....Pages 225-235 Back Matter....Pages 237-247