Liquid low-level radioactive wastes treatment by using hydrophobized track-etched membranes

M. V. Zdorovets; A. B. Yeszhanov; I. V. Korolkov; O. Güven; S. S. Dosmagambetova; D. I. Shlimas; Zh K. Zhatkanbayeva; I. S. Zhidkov; P. V. Kharkin; V. N. Gluchshenko; D. A. Zheltov; N. Khlebnikov; I. E. Kuklin

doi:10.1016/j.pnucene.2019.103128

Liquid low-level radioactive wastes treatment by using hydrophobized track-etched membranes

M. V. Zdorovets
, A. B. Yeszhanov
, I. V. Korolkov
, O. Güven
, S. S. Dosmagambetova
, D. I. Shlimas
, Zh K. Zhatkanbayeva
, I. S. Zhidkov
, P. V. Kharkin
, V. N. Gluchshenko
, D. A. Zheltov
, N. Khlebnikov
, I. E. Kuklin

Hacettepe University

L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Institute of Nuclear Physics, National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Ural Federal University
Institute of Solid State Chemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

In this paper, we present the results of liquid low-level radioactive wastes (LLLRW) treatment by direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) using polyethylene terephthalate (PET) track-etched membranes (TeMs). PET TeMs were modified by styrene and triethoxyvinylsilane (TEVS) using UV-induced grafting. Modification led to increase in the contact angle to 99° of PET TeMs (pore size from 150 to 300 nm). Hydrophobic PET TeMs were investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), goniometric analysis, gas permeability test, liquid entry presser (LEP) analysis and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Prepared membranes were tested in treatment of LLLRW by DCMD. The influence of pore size on water flux and rejection degree was studied. Rejection degree was evaluated by conductometry and atomic emission methods. Decontamination factors (evaluated by gamma-ray spectroscopy) for ⁶⁰Co, ¹³⁷Cs, and ²⁴¹Am were found to be 85, 1900 and 5 respectively. In most cases degree of rejection of Cs, Mo, Sr, Sb, Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg and Na ions were more than 90% and close to 100%. The use of TeMs with a narrow pores size distribution and without tortuous channels allowed us to achieve better purification from radioactive wastes in comparison with hollow-fiber membranes.

Original language	English
Article number	103128
Journal	Progress in Nuclear Energy
Volume	118
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2019.103128
Publication status	Published - Jan 2020

Keywords

Hydrophobization
Liquid radioactive waste treatment
Membrane distillation
Styrene
Track-etched membranes

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Zdorovets, M. V., Yeszhanov, A. B., Korolkov, I. V., Güven, O., Dosmagambetova, S. S., Shlimas, D. I., Zhatkanbayeva, Z. K., Zhidkov, I. S., Kharkin, P. V., Gluchshenko, V. N., Zheltov, D. A., Khlebnikov, N., & Kuklin, I. E. (2020). Liquid low-level radioactive wastes treatment by using hydrophobized track-etched membranes. Progress in Nuclear Energy, 118, Article 103128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2019.103128

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