Radionuclide Removal from Contaminated Water: Strategies and Challenges
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 549
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental radiochemistry; migration and transformation of radionuclides; radioactive waste; radioactive pollution and control; species and occurrence; adsorption-desorption; selective separation; surface/interface mechanism; risk assessment and environmental analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The contamination of water by radionuclides originating from nuclear power plants, agriculture, industry, and nuclear medicine poses a significant threat to the environment and public health. Uncontrolled release and migration of radionuclides during emergencies and radiation accidents further exacerbate water contamination. Therefore, the removal and recovery of radionuclides from contaminated water are critical for improving water quality and safeguarding public health. This Special Issue aims to comprehensively explore sustainable, low-carbon, and effective strategies for radionuclide decontamination and resource utilization from water. It seeks to promote new ideas, methodologies, and breakthroughs in this field, covering laboratory research, practical applications, and the latest advances in addressing water radioactive contamination. The specific topics to be addressed include advanced techniques for radionuclide removal and recovery, risk assessments of radioactive contamination sources in aquatic environments, green and efficient strategies for radioactive pollution control, the fate and transport of radionuclides in contaminated water and their impacts, challenges, and future research directions for improving our understanding and remediation strategies of radioactive contamination in the aquatic environment. Additionally, the interaction mechanisms between radionuclides and remediation materials using density functional theory will be explored.
Dr. Hanyu Wu
Dr. Jingjing Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- radionuclide decontamination
- water contamination
- radioactive pollution control
- radionuclide removal and recovery
- risk assessment
- fate and transport
- remediation strategies
- aquatic environment
- sustainable strategies
- resource utilization
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