Hydroponic experiments were conducted on the removal of uranium, heavy metals and nutrients from the effluent of a uranium mill tailings repository in South China by Azolla–Anabaena. The plant–microbe symbiont was kept in the effluent for 30days, and it was found that U, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, total phosphorus (TP), total nitrogen (TN) and SO4 2− reduced by 87.6, 99.1, 98.8, 88.2, 91, 78.3, 77.5, 93.4, 98.7 and 76.7%, respectively. Specifically, the concentration of uranium reduced to 0.039mgL−1, which is below the limits of contaminants b...
