Treatment, waste management and cost for removal of radioactivity from drinking water.
The processes (costs, efficiencies and reliability) used in treating drinking water for removal of radioactive contaminants and the disposal of wastes generated by the treatment processes are analyzed and discussed. The study was limited to U, Ra and Rn. Initially concepts of water and waste treatment in terms of their applicability to the drinking water industry were established. The alternative processes for treatment of Ra, U, Rn, water and sludges were described and evaluated, in terms of cost, efficiency, reliability, process control and feasibility.
D000327:Adsorption; D000388:Air; D000537:Aluminum Oxide; D000837:Anion Exchange Resins; D002244:Carbon; D002411:Cation Exchange Resins; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003956:Dialysis / Q000379:methods; D005427:Flocculation; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009995:Osmosis; D011850:Radioactive Waste / Q000191:economics; D011883:Radium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011886:Radon / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012498:Sanitary Engineering / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States; D014501:Uranium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014880:Water Softening / Q000379:methods; D014881:Water Supply
D000837:Anion Exchange Resins; D002411:Cation Exchange Resins; D011850:Radioactive Waste; D014873:Water Pollutants; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive; D014501:Uranium; D002244:Carbon; D000537:Aluminum Oxide; D011886:Radon; D011883:Radium