Using water that had been dosed 5 months previously for a pond experiment with cesium-137, cobalt-60, strontium-85 and zinc-65, mobile U.S. Army watrr purification equipment was tested for its ability to remove these specific radionuclides. The equipment consisted of a mobile unit comprising an upflow clarifier and a diatomaceous silica filter; plus cation and anion exchange columns in serics. The results showed that, for a seminatural oond contaminated with cesium-137, cobalt-60, strontium-85 and zinc-65, the removals were 84, 85, 99 and 91 per cent, respectively.
Removal of Radioactive Contaminants from Water by Ion Exchange Slurry Contaminated water can be made safe for emergency drinking by batch treatment with a mixed bed ion exchange resin ' JL he contamination of public water supplies by radioactive materials is a problem of increasing concern, which could arise under many circumstances including use of a nuclear weapon of war and improper disposal of waste from atomic reactor installations, research organizations, or hospitals. Radioactively contaminated water can be decontaminated by various methods, including distillation and conventional water treatment processes (, 7).Radioactive materials can be removed by ion exchange materials from water by column operation (7,3,8, 77) or by a batch slurry process.
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