An Aluminosilicate Ion Exchanger for Recovery and Transport of137Cs from Fission-Product Wastes
- 1 February 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Vol. 24 (2) , 118-122
- https://doi.org/10.13182/nse66-a18296
Abstract
A method for recovering fission-product cesium from aged basic fission-product waste with an aluminosilicate ion exchanger (Decalso) was developed and demonstrated. Cesium is selectively adsorbed on Decalso from Hanford Purex Supernatant 103A, a basic 9 M NaNO3 solution, and concentrated by a factor of about 8.5. The Decalso column is transported from HAPO to ORNL in shielded containers formerly used for shipping solutions, and the cesium is eluted with ammonium salts for purification and source fabrication. In the period April 1961 to August 1964, 2MCi of 137Cs was recovered from Hanford wastes and transported to ORNL by this procedure.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Exchange properties of ammonium salt of 12-heteropolyacids—VI. Sorption of cerium, ruthenium, zirconium and nionium on ammobium phosphotungstate and isolation of 137Cs from an aged mixture of fission productsJournal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry, 1963
- THE ADSORPTION OF CESIUM, STRONTIUM, AND CERIUM ON ZEOLITES FROM MULTICATION SYSTEMSPublished by Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) ,1963
- Synthetic inorganic ion-exchange materials—III The separation of rubidium and caesium on zirconium phosphateJournal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry, 1959