Alan Dyer, Joe Hriljac, Nick Evans, Ian Stokes, Peter Rand, Simon Kellet, Risto Harjula, Teresia Moller, Zoe Maher, Ross Heatlie-Branson, Jonathan Austin, Scott Williamson-Owens, Manon Higgins-Bos, Kurt Smith, Luke O'Brien, Nick Smith, Nick Bryan
Mud Hills clinoptilolite has been used in an effluent treatment plant (SIXEP) at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site. This material has been used to remove 134/137 Cs and 90 Sr successfully from effluents for 3 decades. Samples of the zeolite have been tested in column experiments to determine their ability to remove radioactive Cs+ and Sr2+ ions under increasing concentrations of competing ions, Ca2+ , Mg2+ , Na+ and K+ . These ions caused increased elution of Cs+ and Sr2+ . Ca2+ , Mg2+ and K+ were more effective competitors than Na+ ...
2018: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry