Efficient separation and recovery of technetium-99 from contaminated groundwater

Separations Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-132

  Gu, Baohua ^a,b   Dowlen, Kathryn E ^a   Liang, Liyuan ^a   Clausen, Jay L ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Paducah Caseous Diffusion Plant   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Groundwater; Pertechnetate; Recovery; Separation; Technetium

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SEPARATION; TECHNETIUM;

BATCH ADSORPTION; COLUMN LEACHING; PARTITIONING COEFFICIENT; PERTECHNETATE;

RADIOISOTOPE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 0030130341     PISSN: 09569618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0956-9618(96)00147-6     Document Type: Article

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