Chalcogen-based aerogels as sorbents for radionuclide remediation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 7540-7547

  Riley, Brian J ^a   Chun, Jaehun ^a   Um, Wooyong ^a   Lepry, William C ^a   Matyas, Josef ^a   Olszta, Matthew J ^a   Li, Xiaohong ^a   Polychronopoulou, Kyriaki ^b   Kanatzidis, Mercouri G ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GASEOUS IODINES; NANO-STRUCTURED; NONRADIOACTIVE; NUCLEAR POWER PRODUCTION; TEST DURATIONS; WEAPONS PRODUCTION;

AEROGELS; EFFICIENCY; GROUNDWATER; IODINE; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES;

SORBENTS;

CHALCOGEN; IODINE 129; SORBENT; TECHNETIUM 99M; URANIUM 238;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOREMEDIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEL; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NUCLEAR WEAPON; RADIONUCLIDE; WASTE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CHALCOGEL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GEL; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

CHALCOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GELS; IODINE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; SULFIDES; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84880096879     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400595z     Document Type: Article

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