State-of-the-Art Technologies and Strategies for Radioactive Wastewater Treatment

Dear Colleagues,

This is a call for papers for the Special Issue “State-of-the-Art Technologies and Strategies for Radioactive Wastewater Treatment”. Radioactive wastewaters are produced in nuclear fuel cycle operation and radioisotope production and application in the fields of medicine, industry, research, and agriculture, and also as a byproduct of natural resource exploitation for the mining and processing of ores and during the combustion of fossil fuels. In particular, the radioactive isotopes formed from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011 have been detected in seawater and groundwater across eastern Japan. The emergence of such radioactive wastewaters causes a serious threat to the environment and human beings.

To minimize the hazard from these wastewaters and ensure protection of the environment and human health, state-of-the-art technologies or their hybrid process and practices for effective radioactive wastewater management should be explored, including the concentration, decontamination, or degradation of radioactive isotopes.

The Special Issue “State-of-the-Art Technologies and Strategies for Radioactive Wastewater Treatment” seeks high-quality works focusing on the latest technical developments and scientific advances in radioactive wastewater treatment technology. Relevant themes include but are not limited to the following:

• Physical–chemical technologies, such as adsorption, ion exchange, chemical precipitation, and advanced oxidation process;
• Electrochemical remediation process for radioactive isotope removal;
• Membrane separation for radioactive isotope removal and water recovery;
• Hybrid process for effective radioactive wastewater treatment.

Dr. Jiuyang Lin
Dr. Xin Li
Dr. Jian Li
Dr. Zhipeng Liao
Guest Editors

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• radioactive wastewater
• physical-chemical technologies
• electrochemical remediation process
• membrane separation
• hybrid process