23 Result(s)
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Determination of plutonium-239,240 in environmental samples from surroundings of the Atomic Power Station Jaslovské Bohunice
Specific activity of239,240Pu in contaminated soils from the bank of Manivier channel was determined to be in the range of 5–40 Bq·kg−1 and for soils from the bank of Dudvah river 0.6–8 Bq·kg−1. The ratio of239,2...
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Cesium sorption on bentonites and montmorillonite K10
The physical and chemical properties of illitic clay minerals from Slovak deposit suitable for application in engineering barriers for high level radioactive waste repositories and spent nuclear fuels were stu...
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Study of sorption processes of strontium on the synthetic hydroxyapatite
The sorption of strontium on synthetic hydroxyapatite was investigated using batch method and radiotracer technique. The hydroxyapatite samples were prepared by a wet precipitation process followed by calcinat...
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Determination of 63Ni in the low level solid radioactive waste
Nickel is a constituent of wide range of construction materials in nuclear industry and their corresponding activation products are often encountered in low level solid radioactive waste and effluents. The art...
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Distribution of strontium in milk component
The distribution of strontium between the milk components, i.e., serum, casein micelles, whey and hydroxyapatite was determined. The sorption on hydroxyapatite was investigated using batch method and radiotrac...
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Effect of gamma-irradiation on adsorption properties of Slovak bentonites
One of the basic prerequisites for the use of bentonite as engineering barrier in deep geological repositories for radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel is their stability against ionizing radiation stemmin...
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Automated production of 64Cu prepared by 18 MeV cyclotron
64Cu (T1/2 = 12,7 h, β− 37,1 %, β+ 17,9 %, EC 41 %) is a useful radioisotopes for positron emission tomography radiopharmaceutical. We used the reaction route 64Ni(p,n)64Cu for the 64Cu preparati...
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Study of sorption processes of copper on synthetic hydroxyapatite
The sorption of copper on synthetic hydroxyapatite was investigated using a batch method and radiotracer technique. The hydroxyapatite sample prepared by a wet precipitation process was of high crystallinity w...
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Sorption of anthropogenic radionuclides on natural and synthetic inorganic sorbents
The history of sorption and ion-exchange processes starts with the use of natural materials which properties were discovered coincidentally and ends with the age of polymer and anorganic—or synthetic sorbents ...
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Comparative study of strontium adsorption on dioctahedral and trioctahedral smectites
Slovak bentonites characterized by good rheological, mineralogical and chemical stability are considered as suitable sealing barriers for construction of Slovak deep geological repository for high-level radioa...
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Comparative study of cesium adsorption on dioctahedral and trioctahedral smectites
Bentonites which are characterized by good rheological, mineralogical and chemical stability is considered used as sealing barriers in multibarrier Slovak system of deep geological repository for high-level ra...
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Adsorption of nickel on synthetic hydroxyapatite from aqueous solutions
The sorption of nickel on synthetic hydroxyapatite was investigated using a batch method and radiotracer technique. The hydroxyapatite samples used in experiments were a commercial hydroxyapatite and hydroxyap...
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Adsorption equilibrium and kinetic studies of strontium on Mg-bentonite, Fe-bentonite and illite/smectite
Radionuclide adsorption on clay rocks has in recent years been studied mainly in connection with their use as sealing barriers in nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel repositories. In Slovakia we find deposits...
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Sorption of nickel on chitosan
The sorption of nickel on chitosan was studied using batch method. As a tracer was used radioisotope 63Ni. The effect of pH and contact time to reach sorption equilibrium was investigated. During the sorption of ...
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First shrinkage parameters of Slovak bentonites considered for engineered barriers in the deep geological repository of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel
The high potential of bentonites to volume changes depending on the water content is considered as their advantage for the engineered barriers in the deep geological repository of high-level radioactive waste ...
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Preparation and characterization of adsorbent based on carbon for pertechnetate adsorption
Activated carbon can potentially be used as an adsorbent for removing Tc from aqueous solutions. Five carbon materials were prepared by soaking of fibrous cellulose with different solutions containing inorgani...
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Adsorption of nickel on rhyolitic Slovak bentonites
Radioisotope of nickel 63Ni is an important product of the neutron activation in engineering materials of nuclear power plants. Adsorption of nickel on Slovak rhyolitic bentonites Jelšový potok, Kopernica and Las...
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Adsorption of nickel on andesitic bentonite Lieskovec
Adsorption of nickel on Slovak andesitic bentonite Lieskovec was studied using batch method. As a tracer was used radionuclide 63Ni. In this paper, we focused on effects of contact time, pH, competitive cations a...
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Effect of competing anions on pertechnetate adsorption by activated carbon
Activated carbon (AC) has a relatively high efficiency for retaining TcO4 − compared to other materials. AC is used on a vast scale in gas and water purification, metal extraction, medicine and ma...
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Column studies for the separation of 99mTc using activated carbon
Activated carbon (AC) is an organic material with a high carbon content and is made from carbon-based material by its thermal decomposition in a furnace using a controlled atmosphere and heat. In this study, A...
