Polymeric hydrogels—a promising platform in enhancing water security for a sustainable future

SL Loo, L Vásquez, A Athanassiou… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although water is essential for global health and the socio‐economic development of
modern society, providing fresh water universally in a sustainable and affordable manner …

A state-of-the-art review of radioactive decontamination technologies: facing the upcoming wave of decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear facilities

S Liu, Y He, H Xie, Y Ge, Y Lin, Z Yao, M Jin, J Liu… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The average share of nuclear energy in electricity production is expected to increase under
the background of the global pursuit towards carbon neutrality. Conjugating with its rapid …

Gels, coatings and foams for radioactive surface decontamination: State of the art and challenges for the nuclear industry

A Gossard, A Lilin, S Faure - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The decontamination of solid surfaces is an important process in nuclear decommissioning,
but also during regular maintenance operations in active nuclear facilities. The outcomes of …

Removal of Cd2+ from Water by Use of Super-Macroporous Cryogels and Comparison to Commercial Adsorbents

A Baimenov, D Berillo, S Azat, T Nurgozhin… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this study amphoteric cryogels were synthesized by the use of free-radical co-
polymerization of acrylate-based precursors (methacrylic acid and 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1 …

Experimental and Modeling Studies of Sr2+ and Cs+ Sorption on Cryogels and Comparison to Commercial Adsorbents

A Baimenov, F Montagnaro, VJ Inglezakis… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this work, two cryogels with the key monomers methacrylic acid and 2-acrylamido-2-
methyl-1-propansulfonic acid (named AAC and SAC, respectively) with various functional …

Environmentally friendly tea saponin foam detergents costabilized by GO-OH/SiO2 nanoparticles for removing radioactive surface contaminants

D Liu, S Lei, Y Hu, Z Li, H Xi, X Lin - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2024 - Elsevier
Currently, bare silica nanoparticles with low surface activity and weak stabilizing foam ability
have restricted applicability in treating surface radioactive pollutants. To address potential …

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for contamination analysis of Sr and Cs on 316L stainless steels in alkaline environment for spent nuclear fuel storage

Y Xie, J Wang, Y Hu, J Zhang, Y Gao, H Li… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
The contamination of fission products (90 Sr and 137 Cs) on the metallic material (316L
stainless steel) of alkaline spent fuel storage pond threatens to decommission nuclear …

Separation behavior of nickel and cobalt in a LiCl-KCl-NiCl2 molten salt by electrorefining process

WS Choi, SH Cho, YJ Lee, YS Kim, JH Lee - Journal of Electroanalytical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Among metal waste generated during the dismantling of a nuclear power plant, the steam
generator, which is the main component of nickel alloy contaminated by Co-60, is classified …

The synthesis, characterization and decontamination of surface radioactive contamination of ethyl cellulose/polyacrylate strippable detergent at low temperature

X Pan, X Lin, X Xu, J Li, H Xi - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is an important issue to handle the surface contamination of nuclear facilities in the
development of nuclear industry and nuclear emergency, especially in low temperature …

Strippable coatings for radioactive contamination removal: A short review and perspectives

J Wang, L Zheng, L Zhao, T Zhang - Journal of Radioanalytical and …, 2021 - Springer
Radioactive contamination induced by nuclear leakage accidents, nuclear and radiation
terrorism and other radioactive pollution events needs to be controlled and removed …