Removal of 137Cs and 90Sr from actual low level radioactive waste solutions using moss as a phyto-sorbent

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-161

  Balarama Krishna, M V ^a   Rao, S V ^a   Arunachalam, J ^a   Murali, M S ^b   Kumar, Surendra ^b   Manchanda, V K ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Low level radioactive waste; Moss; Phyto sorbent; Radio Cs; Radio Sr

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; ESTERIFICATION; PH EFFECTS; SORPTION; STRONTIUM;

BINDING CAPACITY; LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE (LLW); MOSS (FUNARIA HYGROMETRICA);

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; DESORPTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SORPTION;

EID: 2942560390     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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