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The treatment of lagoon sludge is a serious task during the decommissioning of a uranium conversion plant. The main component of the sludge is ammonium nitrate, which is a very explosive material. Therefore, biological removal of the ammonium nitrate would be an attractive process. In this work, the bio-denitrification of the nitrate solution from lagoon sludge with a continuous fermentation process was studied. The optimal conditions for removal of nitrate by Pseudomonas halodenitrificans in the continuous bio-reduction process were a C/N ratio and pH of 3.1 and 7.5, respectively, with CO2 gas control, and five times the microelements as used in a batch culture, at 30 °C. It was concluded that bio-denitrification could be applicable to lagoon sludge waste, but with some limitations.
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Lee, O.M., Oh, J.H., Libert, M. et al. Bio-denitrification of the nitrate waste solution from the lagoon sludge in a continuous bio-reduction process. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 25, 787–792 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-008-0129-8
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