Permeable Reactive Barrier for the treatment of contaminated surface water in Katedan industrial development area, Hyderabad, India

Permeable Reactive Barrier （PRB） is an emplacement of inert material （s） in the subsurface, designed to intercept a contaminated plume, provides a preferential flow path through the reactive media, and transforms the contaminant into environmentally acceptable forms to attain concentration remediation goals at the discharge of the barrier. The phenomena, which help in remediation within PRB, are adsorption/sorption, precipitation, oxidation/reduction and biodegradation. Various materials like zero-valent iron, zero-valent bi-metals, natural zeolites, organic carbon, fly ash, zeolites, limestone, activated alumina, apatites, etc. have been tried by many researchers to remove organic and inorganic contaminants. In USA, Canada, and many European countries commercial full-scale and pilot scale PRBs are successfully working. The design and installation of full scale PRBs needs laboratory treatability and dynamic flow column experiments？ The concept of PRB is being applied to treat contaminated surface water in the Katedan industrial area, Hyderabad, India. National Geophysical Research Institute （NGRI）, Hyderabad, India, conducted systematic studies in collaboration with Norwegian Geotechnical Institute （NGI）, Norway, to develop PRB technique to decontaminate the surface water pollution due to industrial effluent. A site assessment study in the Katedan Industrial Area, were carried out and water, soil and sediment from the lakes of the area were found to be polluted with high concentrations of heavy metals like As, Pb, Cr, Cd, Ni, etc. Adsorption studies at NGRI with synthetic samples and in-situ industrial effluent using different reactive media for removing contaminants like arsenic, chromium, cadmium, copper, nickel, lead and zinc have been carried out and yielded satisfactory results. The performance of zero-valent iron and limestone is encouraging in removing As,     

Distribution and mode of occurrences of radionuclides in phosphogypsum from the Aqaba and Eshidiya fertilizer plants, Jordan

Phosphogypsum is a waste by-product of the phosphate fertilizer industry that has relatively high concentrations of some U decay-series radionuclides such as ^226Ra and ^210Pb. The distribution and environmental mobility of radionuclides in phosphogypsum are an important concern because this gypsum by-product is used for wallboard, in agriculture and as a soil amendment. This study determined the distribution of ^226Ra, ^210Pb, within phosphogypsum stacks of varying age and among three size fractions （coarse： 〈0.212 mm; medium： 0.212-0.053 mm; fine： 〈0.053 mm）, in phosphogypsum derived from Aqaba and Eshidiya fertilizer plants. The results indicated that ^226Ra and ^210Pb were generally uniformly distributed in phosphogypsum stacks and showed no significant difference in the concentration of these elements with the age of stack. In the Aqaba phosphogypsum ^226Ra was slightly 10% enriched in the coarse fraction, while ^210Pb was 10% enriched in the free size fraction. In the Eshidiya phosphogypsum ^226Ra and ^210Pb contents were both relatively enriched （10%） in the fine size fraction.     

倾力打造创新型企业——二六三大队依靠科技创新求发展写略

创新。是企业发展的不竭动力。 近年来，二六三大队坚持以科学发展观统领全局，认真贯彻以群众性技术创新为基础，以研发部为主导，通过引进技术与自主开发相结合，做精做深赤霉素主业，延伸生化产业链，创新科技管理工作的科技创新工作思路，依靠科技创新，不断开发新产品，开拓新市场，形成了一个窗口（上海办事处）、三个基地（新干、南昌、吉安）开放型经济发展格局，全队产值年均增幅20％、销售产值年均增幅27％、利税年均增幅55％，实现了经济持续、快速、健康发展。在2006年9月份召开的江西省国防科技工业科技工作会上受到隆重表彰。并被授予“江西省国防科技工业‘十五’科技创新先进单位”称号。     

基于GIS/MIS/OA的短周期工业原料林经营模式研究

提出了短周期工业原料林经营模式的概念,探讨了短周期工业原料林经营模式的体系结构、子系统功能和主要林业数表类型,说明其与GIS/MIS/OA系统集成的必然趋势,并以岳阳纸业股份公司的纸浆原料林为例进行了实例分析。     

吉林测绘的跨越——以人为本的开拓者——记吉林省测绘局局长韩来发

吉林，地处东北，是我国的老工业基地之一。在区域经济较之沿海发展较缓的情况下，吉林的测绘事业却在韩来发局长的带领下，排除前进中的各种困难，开拓创新，锐意进取，取得了跨越式的发展。如今的吉林省测绘局，测绘生产方式发生了根本性转变，测绘科技实力显著增强，生活环境优美舒适，干部职工的精神面貌焕然一新，对测绘事业的前途充满信心，呈现出一派勃勃生机。新春佳节一过，记者便迎着瑞雪，踏上行程，前往吉林去探寻那跨越式发展的奥秘。     

大气杀手——酸雨

酸雨 ,顾名思义 ,就是大气中的硫氧化物、氮氧化物等溶于纯净的雨水中 ,使雨水具有弱酸性 ,即谓之酸雨。如果说 ,十多年前 ,酸雨还只是个别国家的局部性问题 ,那么随着各国矿物燃料消耗量的不断增加 ,排入大气中的二氧化碳、硫氧、氮氧化物等日渐增多 ,目前酸雨的危害已向全世界蔓延 ,并成为当代世界的重大环境问题之一。硫氧化物和氮氧化物来源于何处呢 ?一是自然来源。如火山喷发时 ,就有二氧化硫的喷出 ;沼泽、土壤、坑道等地的含硫物质 ,在厌气细菌的作用下 ,会以硫化氢的形式释放出来 ,经周围环境的氧化后 ,生成二氧化硫 ;沉积在海洋中…     

国外开发欠发达地区的经验教训对中国西部城镇化的启示

美国、英国、日本、意大利、巴西等国先后对本国欠发达地区进行了开发建设。它们以城镇化为动力、大力发展城镇工业，已经取得许多成功经验，也有着深刻的教训。中国西部大开发可从国外开发欠发达地区的经验教训中受到启迪，以城镇化为增长点带动区域经济的全面发展，重视生态环境的保护和建设，加强以交通运输为重点的城镇基础设施建设，探索出西部地区城镇工业独特的发展道路，实现经济、社会和环境的可持续发展。     

“全面禁止核试验条约”的数据宝藏

一个旨在检测核爆炸的传感器台网可以帮助科学家研究从鲸鱼到火山的一切事情。但它们被允许使用吗?     

空间点相对关系的精密检测

工业检测的精度一般要求很高，常规的检测手段难以达到。本文对空间点相对关系的精密检测方法和精度进行分析，实践表明该方法行之有效。