Application of titanium-containing sorbents for treating liquid radioactive waste with the subsequent conservation of radionuclides in Synroc-type titanate ceramics


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Abstract

New nanocrystalline titanium-containing sorbents, namely, layered hydrazinium titanate LHT-9, (N2H5)0.5Ti1.87O4 and synthetic ivanyukite-Na Na2K[Ti4(OH)O3(SiO4)3] · 7H2O, possess high sorption capacity towards cations of different valences and, due to their high chemical stability in acidic and alkaline media, provide the purification of liquid radioactive waste of any composition. The calcination of the product of the radionuclide sorption on LHT-9 and ivanyukite at 1000–1200°C yields mineral-like Synroc-type titanate ceramics applicable for long-term immobilization of sorbed radionuclides with a significant (by 17–250 times) decrease in the amount of radioactive waste.

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S. N. Britvin

Kola Science Center; St. Petersburg State University

Email: nikol_ai@chemy.kolasc.net.ru
Russian Federation, Apatity; St. Petersburg

L. G. Gerasimova

Kola Science Center

Email: nikol_ai@chemy.kolasc.net.ru
Russian Federation, Apatity

G. Yu. Ivanyuk

Kola Science Center

Email: nikol_ai@chemy.kolasc.net.ru
Russian Federation, Apatity

G. O. Kalashnikova

Kola Science Center

Email: nikol_ai@chemy.kolasc.net.ru
Russian Federation, Apatity

M. G. Krzhizhanovskaya

St. Petersburg State University

Email: nikol_ai@chemy.kolasc.net.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

S. V. Krivovivhev

Kola Science Center; St. Petersburg State University

Email: nikol_ai@chemy.kolasc.net.ru
Russian Federation, Apatity; St. Petersburg

V. F. Mararitsa

JSC Sotsium Northwest Research and Production and Tourist Center

Email: nikol_ai@chemy.kolasc.net.ru
Russian Federation, Murmansk

A. I. Nikolaev

Kola Science Center

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Email: nikol_ai@chemy.kolasc.net.ru
Russian Federation, Apatity

O. A. Oginova

SevRAO Northwest Center for Radioactive Waste Management

Email: nikol_ai@chemy.kolasc.net.ru
Russian Federation, Murmansk

V. N. Panteleev

SevRAO Northwest Center for Radioactive Waste Management

Email: nikol_ai@chemy.kolasc.net.ru
Russian Federation, Murmansk

V. A. Khandobin

SevRAO Northwest Center for Radioactive Waste Management

Email: nikol_ai@chemy.kolasc.net.ru
Russian Federation, Murmansk

V. N. Yakovenchuk

Kola Science Center

Email: nikol_ai@chemy.kolasc.net.ru
Russian Federation, Apatity

N. Yu. Yanicheva

Kola Science Center

Email: nikol_ai@chemy.kolasc.net.ru
Russian Federation, Apatity

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