Abstract
토양 및 지하수 등의 혐기성환경에 서식하는 황산염환원박테리아의 활동으로 생성되는 맥키나와이트가 용존산소에 의해 산화 및 용해되는 특성을 관찰하였다. 오염지역에 산화지하수 유입에 의한 용존산소량 증가로 인해 안정화된 핵종들(예: 환원우라늄)이 산화 및 용해되는 상황에서 일반적으로 같이 공존하는 황화광물의 역할을 알아보고자 하였다. '디설퍼비브리오 디설프리칸스(Desulfovibrio desulfuricans)'라는 황산염환원박테리아가 만든 맥키나와이트를 '과산화수소수'와 '아질산나트륨'으로 산화시키면서 발생되는 광물 용해 현상을 약 2주 동안 관찰하였다. 산화제의 종류에 따라 시료의 광물학적 산화 및 용해 반응 특성은 달랐으나, <TEX>${\mu}m$</TEX> 크기의 황화광물 입자들에 의한 용존산소의 소모와 그에 따른 황산염 농도의 증가로 인해 산화수가 초기에 안정화되었다. 이와 같은 결과로부터 알 수 있는 사실은, 황산염환원미생물에 의해 다량 만들어지는 황화광물이 지하수의 산소를 소모시켜 환원 환경의 교란을 예방할 뿐만 아니라 버퍼물질로써 환원/침전된 핵종들의 장기 안정화에 상당한 기여를 할 것으로 예상된다. We observed characteristic oxidation and dissolution phenomena induced by dissolved oxygen for mackinawite that is produced via sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) living in anaerobic environments such as soils and groundwater. We tried to recognize the role of the sulfide minerals that usually coexist with some stabilized radionuclides (e.g., reduced uranium), which can be reoxidized and redissolved by an oxygen-rich groundwater invaded into a contaminated area. The mackinawite produced by 'Desulfovibrio desulfuricans', a sulfate-reducing bacterium, was conducted to be dissolved for 2 weeks by some oxidants such as 'hydrogen peroxide' and 'sodium nitrite'. Although mineralogical oxidation and dissolution characteristics were different from each other according to the oxidants, the initially oxidized solution was early stabilized through the oxygen consumption by <TEX>${\mu}m$</TEX>-sized sulfide particles and the resultant increase of sulfate in solution. From these results, we can anticipate that the large amount of sulfide minerals generated by SRB can not only repress the anoxic environment to be disturbed by the consumption of oxygen in groundwater, but also contribute to stabilize the reduced/precipitated radionuclides as a buffer material for a long time.
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