Removal of tritium labeled compounds from waste solutions by Sephadex, mineral coal and alumina

Abstract

Organic waste solutions containing tritium present two problems: the high toxicity of the solvents and the radioactivity of tritium In this paper the sorption behavior of the radioactivity of tritium from aqueous and organic waste solutions, containing tritium labeled compounds, was studied in Sephadex, mineral coal and alumina. It was found that the tritium retention depends on the composition of the waste solutions. Mineral coal was the best of the three materials studied to retain the organic compounds labeled with this radionuclide.

27 Radiochemistry

“…The corrosion of stainless steel and other alloys by tritiated water has been studied 244 and catalytic exchange on palladium proposed 245 for the removal of tritium from aqueous solutions. Tritiated compounds can be removed 246 from organic solutions by adsorption onto alumina or coal.…”