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Phytoremediation is applied to a site in the former uranium mining area of Ronneburg in Eastern Thuringia, Germany, slightly contaminated with heavy metals and radionuclides (HM/R). In a joint research project, remediation of HM/R-contaminated sites is investigated and concepts for the subsequent utilization of the contaminated plant residues are developed. To minimize HM/R-accumulation in soil and to reduce groundwater contamination a combination of phytostabilization and phytoextraction methods is applied and lysimeter experiments are performed to demonstrate the reduction of seepage water rate and load. The final utilization of HM/R loaded plant residues after harvests was studied by biogas and ethanolic fermentations and by combustion of the plant material. The fate of HM/R in the different by-products was investigated.
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Mirgorodsky, D. et al. (2011). Field Scale Phytoremediation of Soils Contaminated with Heavy Metals and Radionuclides and Further Utilization of the Plant Residues. In: Merkel, B., Schipek, M. (eds) The New Uranium Mining Boom. Springer Geology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22122-4_50
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