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Title: Method for aqueous radioactive waste treatment

Abstract

Plutonium, strontium, and cesium found in aqueous waste solutions resulting from nuclear fuel processing are removed by contacting the waste solutions with synthetic zeolite incorporating up to about 5 wt % titanium as sodium titanate in an ion exchange system. More than 99.9% of the plutonium, strontium, and cesium are removed from the waste solutions.

Inventors:
 [1];  [1]
  1. Richland, WA
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
869209
Patent Number(s):
5298166
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
method; aqueous; radioactive; waste; treatment; plutonium; strontium; cesium; found; solutions; resulting; nuclear; fuel; processing; removed; contacting; synthetic; zeolite; incorporating; wt; titanium; sodium; titanate; exchange; 99; fuel processing; sodium titanate; nuclear fuel; waste solutions; radioactive waste; waste solution; waste treatment; aqueous waste; solutions resulting; aqueous radioactive; /210/588/

Citation Formats

Bray, Lane A, and Burger, Leland L. Method for aqueous radioactive waste treatment. United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Bray, Lane A, & Burger, Leland L. Method for aqueous radioactive waste treatment. United States.
Bray, Lane A, and Burger, Leland L. Sat . "Method for aqueous radioactive waste treatment". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869209.
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abstractNote = {Plutonium, strontium, and cesium found in aqueous waste solutions resulting from nuclear fuel processing are removed by contacting the waste solutions with synthetic zeolite incorporating up to about 5 wt % titanium as sodium titanate in an ion exchange system. More than 99.9% of the plutonium, strontium, and cesium are removed from the waste solutions.},
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year = {1994},
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