Removal of radioactive cesium from nuclear waste solutions with the transition metal hexacyanoferrate ion exchanger CsTreat

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 206-214

  Harjula, R ^a   Lehto, J ^a   Paajanen, A ^a   Brodkin, L ^a   Tusa, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Fortum Oil and Gas Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; ION EXCHANGERS; PACKED BEDS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RADIOISOTOPE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); WASTEWATER;

TRANSITION METAL HEXACYANOFERRATE;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 0035251592     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE01-A2186     Document Type: Article

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