Purification of fallout-contaminated water studied

Journal Article · Sat Apr 30 04:00:00 EDT 1983 · Beijing Huanjing Kexue; (United States)

OSTI ID:5958834

Deyuan, Lu; Cai, X; Li, M; Liu, T

This article presents data from an experiment conducted in China in which the ability of certain purification materials and drinking water decontaminants were tested with water polluted by fallout from nuclear explosions. It is explained that the explosion of nuclear weapons or the dissemination of radioactive agents in a future war may pollute drinking water and water sources, creating a danger to human health. The experimental data indicate that the ''Drinking Water Decontamination and Purification Agent'' (DDPA) has a higher purification effectiveness than the ''Drinking Water Purification Powder'' (DPP) for falloutcontaminated water and /sup 131/I-contaminated water, while the ''Aqueous /sup 131/I Radioactivity Purifier'' (AIRP) has a higher purification effectiveness than DPP for /sup 131/I-contaminated water. DDPA consists of potassium permanganate, ferrous sulfate, ferric sulfate, disodium phosphate, No. 2 activated charcoal, earth, barium hydroxide, alum, and aluminium hydroxychloride. DPP consists of activated charcoal, bentonite, sodium phosphate, silver sulfate and aluminium hydroxychloride. AIRP consists of potassium permanganate, ferrous sulfate, ferric sulfate, disodium phosphate, No. 2 activated charcoal, earth, and aluminium hydroxychloride. It is concluded that the 13 common materials tested are effective in purifying radioactive water. Includes 2 tables.

• OSTI ID: 5958834
• Journal Information: Beijing Huanjing Kexue; (United States), Journal Name: Beijing Huanjing Kexue; (United States) Vol. 2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTIVATED CARBON
ADSORBENTS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM CHLORIDES
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ASIA
BARIUM COMPOUNDS
BARIUM HYDROXIDES
BENTONITE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CARBON
CHINA
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
CLAYS
CLEANING
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DATA
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DECONTAMINATION
DRINKING WATER
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
EXPLOSIONS
FALLOUT
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXIDES
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IODINE 131
IODINE ISOTOPES
IRON COMPOUNDS
IRON SULFATES
ISOTOPES
MANGANESE COMPOUNDS
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERMANGANATES
PHOSPHATES
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
POTASSIUM PERMANGANATES
PURIFICATION
RADIOISOTOPES
REMOVAL
SILVER COMPOUNDS
SILVER SULFATES
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
SODIUM PHOSPHATES
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
WATER
WATER POLLUTION