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Improved Method to Clean-up Legacy Radioactive Waste

Chemistry provides a route to selective binding and extraction of radioactive cesium

Fundamental separations science research developed an understanding of the synthesis, structure, and thermodynamics of molecules that selectively bind radioactive cesium-137, a troublesome fission product, allowing trace cesium to be selectively separated from concentrated salt solution.

• Smart Molecule Reveals Surface Structure and Reactivity of Ceria Nanoshapes
• Condensed phase growth of nanooysters from Fe-decorated single-wall carbon nanohorns
• Can it be made?  Predicting synthesizable, high-response oxide piezoelectrics
• Effects of three-nucleon forces and scattering states shape exotic isotopes of oxygen and calcium
• Measuring the gyromagnetic factor of the 2+ state in 126Sn via the transient field technique

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