• 文献标题:   Effective decontamination of (TcO4-)-Tc-99/ReO4- from Hanford low-activity waste by functionalized graphene oxide-chitosan sponges
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG H, YANG F, LU C, DU C, BAI RX, ZENG X, ZHAO ZG, CAI CQ, LI JG
  • 作者关键词:   selective adsorption, nuclear waste, chitosan sponges css, radioactive pertechnetate anions tco4 tc99
  • 出版物名称:   ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1610-3653 EI 1610-3661
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1007/s10311-020-01005-w EA APR 2020
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Treatment and recycling of radioactive waste are major challenges for the nuclear energy sector. Pertechnetate anions, (TcO4-)-Tc-99, occur in nuclear waste and are formed mainly during nuclear fission. (TcO4-)-Tc-99 is a very hazardous contaminant due to its long half-life and high solubility and mobility in water. The effective capture of Tc-99 contamination at legacy nuclear sites remains a serious and unsolved environmental issue. In this work, (TcO4-)-Tc-99/ReO4- was adsorbed by compressible graphene-chitosan sponges with grafted tertiary amine groups. Moreover, the hydrophobic branched chains strongly reduced the interference of competitive anions during adsorption. Results show that (TcO4-)-Tc-99/ReO4- can be effectively removed even under highly acidic conditions and in the presence of competing anions. More than 98% of (TcO4-)-Tc-99/ReO4- was removed using simulated nuclear wastes.