Advances in membrane technologies for the treatment of liquid radioactive waste

Desalination

Volumn 321, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-130

  Zakrzewska Trznadel, Grazyna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Liquid radioactive waste; Membrane processes; Membranes

Indexed keywords

FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; HIGH-LEVEL LIQUID WASTE; LIQUID RADIOACTIVE WASTES; MEMBRANE CONTACTOR; MEMBRANE PROCESS; NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES;

ACTINIDES; DECONTAMINATION; LIQUID MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MEMBRANES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

LIQUIDS;

MEMBRANE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEPARATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

MAZOWIECKIE; POLAND; WARSAW [MAZOWIECKIE];

EID: 84878983591     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.02.022     Document Type: Article

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