Evaluating Solid Sorbents for Recycling Wash Waters Containing Strontium and Calcium.

ABSTRACT: A system for rapid reduction of radioactive contamination and recycle of contaminated waters is called the Integrated Wash-Aid, Treatment, and Emergency Reuse System (IWATERS). First developed for cesium contaminations, IWATERS prescribes the use of salt and surfactant additives to decontaminate radionuclides from urban surfaces. The water is collected and recycled after passing through reactive filtration beds containing selective sorbents. To adapt the IWATERS for strontium contaminations, potential additives to enhance its decontamination from urban surfaces are identified. One possible additive is calcium (Ca2+). However, its concentration can have a very strong detrimental effect on the ability of selective sorbents to remove strontium from spent wash water. We recognized that studies

SUBMITTER: Oster C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6755671 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature