Adsorption behaviour of pollutants: Heavy metals, radionuclides, organic pollutants, on clays and their minerals (raw, modified and treated): A review

R Novikau, G Lujaniene - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing anthropogenic pressure results in environmental pollution and thus
adversely affects the integrity of ecosystems. Consequently, various methods of removing …

Decontamination of radioactive cesium-contaminated soil/concrete with washing and washing supernatant–critical review

JH Kim, H Anwer, YS Kim, JW Park - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
We reviewed washing of radioactive Cs-contaminated concrete and soil based on the fate of
Cs in concrete and soil, including sorption materials for treatment of supernatant solution. In …

[HTML][HTML] Caesium incorporation and retention in illite interlayers

AJ Fuller, S Shaw, MB Ward, SJ Haigh… - Applied Clay …, 2015 - Elsevier
Radioactive caesium (chiefly 137 Cs) is a major environmental pollutant. The mobility of Cs
in temperate soils is primarily controlled by sorption onto clay minerals, particularly the …

Cesium adsorption/desorption behavior of clay minerals considering actual contamination conditions in Fukushima

H Mukai, A Hirose, S Motai, R Kikuchi, K Tanoi… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Cesium adsorption/desorption experiments for various clay minerals, considering actual
contamination conditions in Fukushima, were conducted using the 137Cs radioisotope and …

Molecular dynamics simulations of cesium adsorption on illite nanoparticles

LN Lammers, IC Bourg, M Okumura, K Kolluri… - Journal of colloid and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The charged surfaces of micaceous minerals, especially illite, regulate the mobility of the
major radioisotopes of Cs (134 Cs, 135 Cs, 137 Cs) in the geosphere. Despite the long …

Initial flux of sediment-associated radiocesium to the ocean from the largest river impacted by Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Y Yamashiki, Y Onda, HG Smith, WH Blake… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
This study aimed to quantify the flux of radiocesium in the Abukuma Basin (5,172 km2), the
largest river system affected by fallout from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant …

Cesium sorption reversibility and kinetics on illite, montmorillonite, and kaolinite

CB Durrant, JD Begg, AB Kersting, M Zavarin - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding sorption and desorption processes is essential to predicting the mobility of
radionuclides in the environment. We investigate adsorption/desorption of cesium in both …

Uranium and Cesium sorption to bentonite colloids under carbonate-rich environments: Implications for radionuclide transport

EL Tran, N Teutsch, O Klein-BenDavid… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the context of geological disposal of radioactive waste, one of the controlling mechanisms
for radionuclide migration through subsurface strata is sorption to mobile colloidal bentonite …

[HTML][HTML] Selective separation of cesium contaminated clays from pristine clays by flotation

H Zhang, S Tangparitkul, B Hendry, J Harper… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
The ongoing boom of industrialization is conflicted by concerns regarding increased levels
of environmental contamination, in particular the uncontrolled release of heavy metal ions …

Colloid-facilitated transport of 238Pu, 233U and 137Cs through fractured chalk: laboratory experiments, modelling, and implications for nuclear waste disposal

E Tran, M Zavrin, AB Kersting, O Klein-BenDavid… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The influence of montmorillonite colloids on the mobility of 238 Pu, 233 U and 137 Cs
through a chalk fracture was investigated to assess the transport potential for radioactive …