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Naji Milad Joseph Bassil has made a scientific breakthrough after discovering a microbe that feeds on a wide diversity of microorganisms polluted by radioactive material at nuclear energy waste plants. This radioactive waste form is intended to be encased in a deep geological disposal facility underground.

Most of the unpublished studies have shown that this particular microbe survives in a highly-acidic environment, curbing the degradation of Uranium in water, and ultimately reducing radioactive contamination in ground and sea waters by limiting mobility of radioactive substance.
Samples have been sent to two laboratories in Germany and the United States for conservation.

British, American and European journals have published this scientific advancement which highlights the potential of microbial metabolism in reducing the mobility of radioactive waste.

Bassil holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Geochemistry and Geomicrobiology at the University of Manchester, UK, under the supervision of Prof. Jonathan Lloyd.

He's an award winner of 'Best Outstanding Output'  for the year 2014 for the article "Microbial degradation of isosaccharinic acid at high pH" that was published in the ISME journal.

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