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Title: Technetium recovery from high alkaline solution

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1261622

Disclosed are methods for recovering technetium from a highly alkaline solution. The highly alkaline solution can be a liquid waste solution from a nuclear waste processing system. Methods can include combining the solution with a reductant capable of reducing technetium at the high pH of the solution and adding to or forming in the solution an adsorbent capable of adsorbing the precipitated technetium at the high pH of the solution.

Research Organization:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River Technology Center (SRTC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-08SR22470
Assignee:
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, SC)
Patent Number(s):
9,388,478
Application Number:
14/576,362
OSTI ID:
1261622
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Dec 19
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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