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Mann, N.R.; Todd, T.A.; Wood, D.J.
Lockheed Idaho Technologies Co., Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Funding organisation: USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)1998
Lockheed Idaho Technologies Co., Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Funding organisation: USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)1998
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[en] An independent experiment to demonstrate the combined removal of the radionuclides, 85Sr and 137Cs from groundwater has been conducted with the sorbent, HUMASORB-CS. Arctech, Inc. manufactures this humic acid-based sorbent material. This sorbent material is reported to have potential for remediation of contaminated groundwater present at DOE sites. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the removal efficiency and the capacity of the sorbent. Two ion-exchange columns were assembled at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (ICPP) to evaluate the sorbent technology. Initial 137Cs breakthrough in both columns was observed after 22.0 and 30.2 bed volumes, respectively. Strontium-85 removal was slightly more efficient than 137Cs removal. Initial 85Sr breakthrough in both columns was observed after 29.4 and 22.7 bed volumes, respectively. Calcium, which is of concern, is the major constituent within the feed solution. Calcium is attributed to loading interference in addition to other alkaline and alkaline earth metals such as stable Sr, Mg, Na, K, and Ba. Interfering ions fill exchange sites that greatly reduce the sorbents efficiency to sorb targeted ions such as radioactive Cs and Sr. Despite high concentrations of Ca in the feed solution, Ca was not sorbed by HUMASORB-CS. Results indicate HUMASORB-CS does not sorb sodium or potassium. Sodium and potassium concentrations were consistently observed at 100% breakthrough throughout the test
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Jan 1998; 31 p; CONTRACT AC07-94ID13223; ALSO AVAILABLE FROM OSTI AS DE98052236; NTIS; INIS; US GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE DEP
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ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CESIUM ISOTOPES, CLEANING, DATA, DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS, INFORMATION, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, NUCLEI, NUMERICAL DATA, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, RADIOISOTOPES, STRONTIUM ISOTOPES, SURFACE PROPERTIES, WATER, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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