Recent developments in technology for removing radionuclides from drinking water

Conference · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 UTC 1988 · Preprints of Papers Presented at National Meeting, Division of Water, Air and Waste Chemistry, American Chemical Society; (USA)

OSTI ID:7019078

Sorg, T J ^[1]

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1. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (USA)

In 1976, the US Environmental Protection Agency established regulations for radium 226, radium 228, gross alpha and gross beta in drinking water. The Agency will be revising its regulations on radionuclides and it has indicated that the revised regulations will set limits for two new specific contaminants, uranium and radon, in addition to maintaining the existing ones for radium. The treatment technologies generally available for the three contaminants are different because the chemical nature of each element is different.

• OSTI ID: 7019078
• Report Number(s): CONF-8909233--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Preprints of Papers Presented at National Meeting, Division of Water, Air and Waste Chemistry, American Chemical Society; (USA) Journal Volume: 28:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540330* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ACTINIDES
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
DRINKING WATER
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FLUIDS
GASES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MASS TRANSFER
METALS
NONMETALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RADIUM
RADON
RARE GASES
REMOVAL
SEPARATION PROCESSES
URANIUM
WATER