Published 1990 | Version v1
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Impact of fall-out and management of removal by conventional water treatment

  • 1. Intercommunal Waterboard, Brussels (Belgium)

Description

Twenty isotopes were identified in Belgian waters during the Chernobyl fall-out. The most significant were 103Ru, 132Te, 131I, 134Cs and 137Cs. 90Sr was not found. At present, the data on their removal rate have been completed by the use of tracers on a full-scale plant. The tracers used were: 58Co, 103Ru, 134Cs, 131I and 85Sr. Even though flocculation has been confirmed as the main removal process, new evidence on the reversibility of the fixing in the sludge has been produced. It is not possible to formulate a single well-defined removal rate by the process, however management options are presented. The removal of cesium by sand filtration is very significant. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Thomas Telford.
Imprint Place
London (UK)
ISBN
0-7277-1527-5
Imprint Title
Nuclear contamination of water resources
Imprint Pagination
272 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 225-237.

Conference

Title
Water resource consequences of a nuclear event conference.
Dates
7-8 Sep 1989.
Place
Glasgow (UK).