Influences of U Sources and Forms on Its Bioaccumulation in Indian Mustard and Sunflower
2018
Meng, Fande | Jin, Decheng | Guo, Kai | Larson, Steven L. | Ballard, John H. | Chen, Liangmei | Arslan, Zikri | Yuan, Guodong | White, Jeremy R. | Zhou, Lixiang | Ma, Youhua | Waggoner, Charles A. | Han, Fengxiang X.
Anthropogenic activities, such as ore mining and processing, nuclear power generation, and weapon tests, have generated uranium (U) contamination to soils and waters. The mobility and bioavailability of U are influenced by its sources, speciation, and plant species. Phytoremediation has emerged as an environmentally friendly, cost-effective green technology to remediate radioisotope- and metal-contaminated soils. The main objective of this study was to explore the feasibility using sunflower (Helianthus annuus) and Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) in cleaning up soils with UO₂, UO₃, and UO₂(NO₃)₂. Uranium was found to be bioaccumulated in plant roots more than plant shoots. Uranium uptake by both plant species was significantly higher from the UO₃- and uranyl-contaminated soils than from UO₂-contaminated soils. UO₃- and UO₂(NO₃)₂-contaminated soils showed higher exchangeable, weak acid extractable, and labile U than the UO₂-contaminated soils. After a growing season, three U forms decreased as redistribution/transformation of U resulted in U species with lower extractability. This study indicates the importance of U speciation in soil with regard to the potential use of sunflower and Indian mustard for phytoremediation of U-contaminated soils.
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