Process for the removal of radium from acidic solutions containing same
Abstract
The invention is a process for the removal of radium from acidic aqueous solutions. In one aspect, the invention is a process for removing radium from an inorganic-acid solution. The process comprises contacting the solution with coal fly ash to effect adsorption of the radium on the ash. The radium-containing ash then is separated from the solution. The process is simple, comparatively inexpensive, and efficient. High radium-distribution coefficients are obtained even at room temperature. Coal fly ash is an inexpensive, acid-resistant, high-surface-area material which is available in large quantities throughout the United States. The invention is applicable, for example, to the recovery of /sup 226/Ra from nitric acid solutions which have been used to leach radium from uranium-mill tailings.
- Inventors:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5393400
- Application Number:
- ON: DE84005916
- Assignee:
- EDB-84-027242
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; MILL TAILINGS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; RADIUM; REMOVAL; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; FLY ASH; INORGANIC ACIDS; URANIUM; ACTINIDES; AEROSOL WASTES; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ASHES; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MANAGEMENT; METALS; MIXTURES; PROCESSING; RESIDUES; SOLID WASTES; SOLUTIONS; TAILINGS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES; 052001* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Processing; 050400 - Nuclear Fuels- Feed Processing
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Scheitlin, F M. Process for the removal of radium from acidic solutions containing same. United States: N. p.,
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Scheitlin, F M. Process for the removal of radium from acidic solutions containing same. United States.
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"Process for the removal of radium from acidic solutions containing same". United States.
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abstractNote = {The invention is a process for the removal of radium from acidic aqueous solutions. In one aspect, the invention is a process for removing radium from an inorganic-acid solution. The process comprises contacting the solution with coal fly ash to effect adsorption of the radium on the ash. The radium-containing ash then is separated from the solution. The process is simple, comparatively inexpensive, and efficient. High radium-distribution coefficients are obtained even at room temperature. Coal fly ash is an inexpensive, acid-resistant, high-surface-area material which is available in large quantities throughout the United States. The invention is applicable, for example, to the recovery of /sup 226/Ra from nitric acid solutions which have been used to leach radium from uranium-mill tailings.},
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