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Development and testing of inorganic sorbents for radionuclide and heavy metal separations

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OSTI ID:374548
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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)

The objectives of this task are to develop, prepare, and test microspheres and granular forms of inorganic ion exchangers to remove radionuclides and heavy metals from waste streams occurring at various sites. Several inorganic materials, such as hexacyanoferrates, titanates, phosphates, and oxides have high selectivities and efficiencies for separating and removing radionuclides such as uranium, technetium, cesium and strontium, and metals such as cobalt, silver, zinc, and zirconium from aqueous waste streams. However, these sorvents frequently exist only as powders and consequently are not readily adaptable to continuous processing such as column chromatography.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
OSTI ID:
374548
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA--27105; CONF-960158--; ON: DE96005494
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English