Assessment of Cyanex 301 impregnated resin for its potential use to remove cobalt from aqueous solutions

What is it about?

The feasibility of using Cyanex 301 impregnated onto biopolymer resin for removing cobalt from radioactive waste streams is investigated

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Why is it important?

The emulsion compositions for resin preparation were optimized to ensure compliance with nuclear grade resin specifications on particle size distribution and chemical stabilities using multi-variant analysis. The structure and morphology of the three optimized samples were studied using FTIR, SEM, and TGA and their end of life cycle treatment was preliminary investigated.The enhanced radiological stabilities of the optimum resins at irradiation fields<100 KGy were explained and the relations between the loss of exchange capacity and the doses were quantified