SEAWATER PURIFICATION FROM CESIUM AND STRONTIUM RADIONUCLIDES

The article deals with the study of sorption (under batch conditions) of cesium and strontium radionuclides from sea water with ferrocyanidic sorbents based on hydrated titanium and zirconium dioxides (Т-35, NPF-HTD), glauconite and clinoptilolite natural aluminum silicates (NPF-G, NPF-C), zirconium phosphate (Т-3А), modified hydrated zirconium dioxide (Т-3К), and manganese dioxide based on hydrated titanium dioxide (MD-HTD). We have obtained the sorption isotherms, defined the cesium and strontium distribution coefficients. Dependences of the cesium distribution coefficient by the sorbents in seawater saline content have been obtained. The authors recommend NPF-G and NPF-HTD sorbents for treatment of liquid radioactive waste based on seawater with various salt content. Coefficients of the cesium distribution between solid and liquid phases were 1,0∙105 and 1,0∙104 mg/l, respectively, even at solutions with the salt content of 100 g/l. In the process of strontium sorption from seawater, the strontium distribution coefficients do not exceed 1,9·102 ml/g, this is connected with big proportion (34±7 %) of stable colloidal forms of strontium in the simulated seawater.