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The use of zeolites for the treatment of radioactive waste

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

A. Dyer  and
K. Y. Mikhail
A. Dyer
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK
K. Y. Mikhail
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK
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Abstract

The uptake of 137-Cs and 90-Sr on to synthetic zeolite A has been studied. The use of a combined barium exchange followed by a relatively mild heat treatment has been shown to fix the isotopes within a collapsed zeolite structure. Leaching experiments using deionized and simulated sea and pond waters were carried out on zeolite compacts and zeolite/cement composites. They demonstrated the effectiveness of the calcination and cement containment. Some comments on the interpretation of leach test data are made.

Keywords

radioactive wastezeolitecement
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 49 , Issue 351 , April 1985 , pp. 203 - 210
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1985

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