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Decontamination of Strontium-90 from radioactive liquid waste using manganese based sorbent coated acrylic fibers - a laboratory study

Creators

  • 1. Health Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Environmental Survey Laboratory, Kalpakkam (India)
  • 2. Reprocessing Group, RR and DD, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam (India)
  • 3. Chemical Group, Materials Chemistry Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam (India)
  • 4. Health Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)

Description

The paper presents removal of 90Sr from liquid waste generated in Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) of Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) using manganese based sorbent coated acrylic fibers. Sorption capacity of the above said sorbent for stable strontium in solution at pH 7.0 was estimated and it was found to be about 1.0 meq. Sr/g. Decontamination of 90Sr was carried out in radioactive liquid wastes (pH 7.5) containing 137Cs, 134Cs, 90Sr and 60Co using the above manganese based sorbent coated acrylic fibers (10 g) containing about 2 gm sorbent at the flow rate of 10 ml per minute. Sorption efficiency of manganese based sorbent for strontium was found to be consistently 96% with the corresponding decontamination factor (DF) of 23. Similar decontamination study was carried out using the same manganese based sorbent and 10 lit. of radioactive liquid waste spiked with stable strontium. Sorption efficiency of the sorbent for strontium de from 99% to 47% with the corresponding decrease in DF from 86 to 2. This study has demonstrated that 90Sr can be effectively removed by manganese based sorbent coated acrylic fibers in presence of 137Cs, 134Cs and 60Co. (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of the thirteenth national symposium on environment. Focal theme: mining of energy resources - environmental management

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences
Imprint Place
Mumbai (India)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the thirteenth national symposium on environment. Focal theme: mining of energy resources - environmental management
Imprint Pagination
535 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 212-216

Conference

Title
13. national symposium on environment
Acronym
NSE-13
Dates
5-7 Jun 2004
Place
Shillong (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
35096516
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; DECONTAMINATION; KALPAKKAM-1 REACTOR; KALPAKKAM-2 REACTOR; LIQUID WASTES; MANGANESE; POLYACRYLATES; RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; SORPTION
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; CLEANING; COBALT ISOTOPES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; ESTERS; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; METALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NATURAL URANIUM REACTORS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHWR TYPE REACTORS; POLYMERS; POLYVINYLS; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Notes
2 refs., 1 fig., 2 tabs.