Liquid purification or separation – Processes – Ion exchange or selective sorption
Patent
1996-01-30
1997-10-21
Cintins, Ivars
Liquid purification or separation
Processes
Ion exchange or selective sorption
210663, 210669, 210682, 210747, C02F 142
Patent
active
056792565
ABSTRACT:
A system for remediating groundwater contaminated with radionuclides, consisting of an underground bed of crushed zeolites. Distribution pipes convey contaminated groundwater to the zeolite bed by means of a pump, which draws the contaminated water through wells from an underground plume of released waste mixed with groundwater. The radionuclides in the water undergo ion exchange with the zeolite minerals, and lock into the zeolite crystal lattice. After the contaminated water passes through the zeolite bed, it is collected by a series of collection pipes and conveyed to a sampling station, where it can be determined whether the water has been decontaminated sufficiently to discharge it by piping to a river outfall or back to the ground. When functioning, the system contains the released contaminants on the waste site and prevents further spread and migration of the contaminated water by means of the cone of depression created by the pumping well. When the system is fully charged with radionuclides, burial of the zeolite bed results in a permanent solution to the disposal of the radionuclides in a stable configuration. The radionuclides are locked into the crystal structure of a mineral, below ground but above groundwater level, similar to their condition before being mined.
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Cintins Ivars
Crowley Richard P.
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