Research advances in nuclear wastewater treatment using conventional and hybrid technologies: Towards sustainable wastewater reuse and recovery
| dc.contributor.author | Kadadou ,Dana | |
| dc.contributor.author | Said, Eslam Ahmed | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ajaj , Rahaf | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hasan , Shadi W. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-16T10:41:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-02-16T10:41:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | The sustainable use of water, being the most valuable yet scarce resource on planet earth, is challenged by the growing population and increase in resource demand. With the emergence of contaminants in water bodies, increased industrialization continues to mark a decline on water quality. There is no question that the exploitation of natural resources on a global scale has an impact on urbanization and industrialization. An unforeseen type of pollution comes from radioactive waste. | |
| dc.description.abstract | With the widespread implementation of nuclear energy, radioactive wastewater management is increasingly gaining research interest. As radioactive waste piles up, from nuclear applications among other industries, growing concerns on its impact on human health and the environment arise. This review comprehensively discusses the sources, classes, and occurrence of radionuclides in nuclear wastewater. An understanding of the nature of radioactive wastewater is vital for the selection of an appropriate management approach. Advances in conventional and hybrid technologies for the treatment of nuclear wastewater are also extensively reviewed and evaluated. Our review shows that adsorption and membranes are the most mature technologies in comparison with other chemical, biological, physical, and electrochemical processes. In fact, the combination of these techniques, in the form of adsorptive membranes, has also shown highly promising results as hybrid technologies. Lastly, this review highlights the overseen benefit of recovering valuable radionuclides from nuclear wastewater, which has not been addressed yet. keywords:Nuclear wastewater , Decontamination, Radioactive Treatment ,Recovery ,Reuse | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kadadou, D., Said, E. A., Ajaj, R., & Hasan, S. W. (2023). Research advances in nuclear wastewater treatment using conventional and hybrid technologies: Towards sustainable wastewater reuse and recovery. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 52, 103604. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2023.103604 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.adu.ac.ae/handle/1/1139 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
| dc.title | Research advances in nuclear wastewater treatment using conventional and hybrid technologies: Towards sustainable wastewater reuse and recovery | |
| dc.type | Other |