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 …

Radioactive decontamination in low-temperature environments by using a novel high-strength strippable coating

X Xu, X Pan, J Li, Z Li, Y Xie, X Lin - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Accidents involving nuclear leakage and radioactive source diffusion will result in a
substantial amount of radioactive pollution, posing a threat to the world's environment as …

Existing and potential decontamination methods for radioactively contaminated metals-A Review

L Zhong, J Lei, J Deng, Z Lei, L Lei, X Xu - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
To reduce occupational exposure and limit the release and absorption of potential
radioactive substances during daily maintenance, overhaul, and decommissioning of …

Decontamination of radioactive hazardous materials by using novel biodegradable strippable coatings and new generation complexing agents

D Pulpea, T Rotariu, G Toader, GB Pulpea, V Neculae… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Eight different types of complexing agents were employed for the development of new
biodegradable decontamination solutions that are able to form strippable coatings after they …

[HTML][HTML] Laser decontamination for radioactive contaminated metal surface: A review

Q Wang, F Wang, C Cai, H Chen, F Ji, C Yong… - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the improvement of laser technology, the strategic needs of efficient and precise
decontamination of various components in nuclear application units can be fulfilled by laser …

Radioactive decontamination of metal surfaces using peelable films made from chitosan gels and chitosan/magnetite nanoparticle composites

AAP Pozo, F Monroy-Guzmán… - Progress in Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we explored the feasibility of using peelable films from chitosan gels and
chitosan/magnetite nanoparticle (NPs–Fe 3 O 4) composites to deal with radioactive …

Removal of radioactive cesium and europium from aqueous solutions using activated Al2O3 prepared by solution combustion

HS Hassan, WE Madcour, EK Elmaghraby - Materials Chemistry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Surface-protected activated aluminium oxide was synthesized using solution combustion
technique and characterized, as inorganic sorbent material, for the removal of 152+ 154 Eu …

Enhanced surface decontamination of radioactive Cs by self-generated, strippable hydrogels based on reversible cross-linking

HM Yang, CW Park, KW Lee - Journal of hazardous materials, 2019 - Elsevier
A self-generated, strippable hydrogel containing adsorbents was developed to remove the
radioactive cesium from surfaces by adsorption for wide-area surface decontamination. Two …

Adsorption mechanism and mass transfer modeling of cesium and europium ions adsorption onto hematite-loaded polyacrylamide-gel composite: Pore Volume and …

OAA Moamen, GA Murad, HS Hassan - Microporous and Mesoporous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The overall adsorption rate of cesium (Cs+) and europium (Eu 3+) ions onto hematite-
loaded polyacrylamide-gel composite (HPAC) in single and binary pollutant systems was …