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Removal of nickel and strontium from simulated radioactive wastewater via a pellet coprecipitation-microfiltration process

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In order to increase the decontamination factor (DF) and concentration factor (CF) for the treatment of radioactive wastewater, a pellet coprecipitation microfiltration process which aimed at removing the neutron activation product 63Ni and fission product 90Sr was studied. In this study average DFs were (4.60 ± 0.42) × 103 for nickel and 559 ± 24 for strontium, respectively. When about 1.8 m3 wastewater was treated, the sludge volume was significantly minimised after 24 h settling and CF reached over 1 × 103. DFs and CF values were improved by 1–2 orders of magnitude in this study compared with those achieved by conventional methods.

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This study was funded by the National Science Foundation of China (Ref. no. 51178301; 51238006). The authors are thankful for their financial support.

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    Xiangdan Jin, Ping Gu, Guanghui Zhang, Xuan Shang & Li’an Hou

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Jin, X., Gu, P., Zhang, G. et al. Removal of nickel and strontium from simulated radioactive wastewater via a pellet coprecipitation-microfiltration process. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 301, 513–521 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3162-6

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