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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 431, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.133816
Keywords
Iodine; Metal oxides; Adsorption, Storage
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- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2021YFC2102200]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51808312]
- Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) for the studentship at Beijing Institute of Technology
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This review documents the application of metal oxide-based materials for capturing radioactive iodine. It discusses the limitations in operating conditions, adsorption capacities, and long-term immobilization, and explores the advantages and shortcomings of different metal oxides for iodine capture, as well as the effect of metal oxide additives on the low-sintering temperature of iodide waste forms.
Long-lived I-129, short-lived I-131 and organic iodides released from nuclear plants are volatile and harmful to the ecosystem. For operational safety, and sustainable development of nuclear industries, effective means of trapping various iodine radioisotopes are of great concern. Wet scrubbing methods are often combined with adsorbents to entrap radioiodine species effectively, and thus the search for materials with high performance is still needed. Metal oxides are believed to be potential candidates for real applications. In this review, we documented the metal oxide-based materials for volatile radioactive iodine capture, with limitations on operating conditions, adsorption capacities, and long-term immobilization. Advantages, shortcomings of various metal oxides toward iodine capture, and metal oxide additives for a low-sintering temperature of iodide waste forms have been elucidated for helping in the long-term future development of efficient materials for iodine capture and storage.
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