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Recovery of 60Co and 137Cs with various solid phases from aqueous solutions of different chemical composition

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Removal of microamounts of 60Co and 137Cs from different aqueous solutions, included NPP trap waters and simulated NPP bottom residues, by coprecipitation with various solid phases was studied. It was showed that coprecipitation of 60Co and 137Cs with the solid phase of K+, Fe3+, and Ni2+ ferrocyanides formed by adding K4[Fe(CN)6], Fe(NO3)3, and Ni(NO3)2 ensures almost 100% removal of both radionuclides from simulated NPP trap waters and more than 99% from simulated NPP bottom residue containing simultaneously up to 400 g l−1 NaNO3 and 3.4 × 10−5 mol l−1 EDTA.

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    Sergey A. Kulyukhin, Vladimir V. Kulemin, Elena P. Krasavina, Igor’ A. Rumer, Vladimir B. Krapukhin & Margarita P. Gorbacheva

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Kulyukhin, S.A., Kulemin, V.V., Krasavina, E.P. et al. Recovery of 60Co and 137Cs with various solid phases from aqueous solutions of different chemical composition. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 316, 869–884 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-5714-7

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