The electrokinetic technique is an emerging technology presently tested in situ to remove dissolved heavy metals from contaminated groundwater. There is a growing interest for using this system to cleanse clayey soil contaminated by toxic metallic ions. Currently, there are very few available non-destructive treatment methods that could be successfully applied in situ on low permeable type of s...

OBJECTIVES To determine the effect on mortality of selective digestive decontamination, selective oropharyngeal decontamination, and topical oropharyngeal chlorhexidine in adult patients in general intensive care units and to compare these interventions with each other in a network meta-analysis. DESIGN Systematic review, conventional meta-analysis, and network meta-analysis. Medline, Embase,...

expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of DOE. Phytoremediation is an integrated multidisciplinary approach to the cleanup of contaminated soils, which combines the disciplines of plant physiology, soil chemistry, and soil microbiology. Metal hyperaccumulator plants are attracting increasing attention because of their potential application in decont...

The Kolubara river pollutes the coastal land in basin and makes it unsuitable for agricultural activities that area. Also, contaminated poses a risk to environment. Different methods can be used soil decontamination. These include biological treatment/bioremediation, chemical oxidation, stabilization, physical methods, such as leaching, or treatment with high-energy ionizing radiation. Gamma ir...

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident happened after the devastating earthquake in Pacific coastal area of Japan on 11 March 2011. After accident, radioactive materials spread out over a wide Japan. Radioactive were retained soil surfaces, causing environmental problems. Among materials, cesium (137Cs) has long half-life 30.2 years, and it remains near surface soil; therefore, is n...

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are commonly found in the environment. As exposure to environmental mycobacteria has been reported to immunomodulatory in this study, the presence of environmental mycobacteria was investigated in soil, drinking water and drainage sample in Ghatampur, India, which is known for high endemicity for leprosy. Soil, drinking water from the hand pumps/wells and also...

Following a CBRN incident, first responders use decontamination procedures to reduce the risk of exposure. The effect of decontamination on forensic trace material has, however, not been fully examined. This study sought to evaluate the effect of five different physical or chemical decontamination materials on the recovery of latent fingerprints. Fingerprints were deposited on glass slides, dec...

Actinides have widely entered the environment as a result of nuclear accidents and atmospheric weapon testing. These radionuclides, especially uranium, are outstanding radioactive pollutants, due to their high radiotoxicity and long half-lives. In addition to this, since depleted uranium (DU) has been used in the Balkan conflict in 1999, there has been a concern about the possible consequences ...

This article discusses the problems of estimating projects cost for decommissioning nuclear and radiation hazardous facilities based on BIM data. The software developed at Nuclear Safety Institute Russian Academy Sciences planning analyzing pre-project stage processes is described. In particular, main functions are demonstrated: evaluation dismantling decontamination works cost, forecasting was...