Sorption behavior of fission products (Tc, I) in marine and freshwater bottom sediments

• Published in: Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry 2024-04, Vol.333 (4), p.1963-1973
• Main Authors: Rozhkova, A. K., Logutenkova, E. A., Dodonova, K. A., Kuzmenkova, N. V., Petrov, V. G.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Anaerobic conditions; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Diagnostic Radiology; Fission products; Hadrons; Heavy Ions; Inorganic Chemistry; Iodine; Nuclear Chemistry; Nuclear Physics; Organic matter; Physical Chemistry; Sediments; Sorption
• ISSN: 0236-5731; 1588-2780
• DOI: 10.1007/s10967-024-09400-1

The study investigated the sorption behaviour of 99 Tc and 125 I on bottom sediments from the Japan Sea, Khanka Lake and commercially available sapropel. It was determined that organic matter can have an impact on the iodine sorption process. After a 20-day period, sapropel reached an equilibrium state with a sorption value of up to 100%. In real systems of bottom sediment–water in the Far East region, iodine sorption was found to be superior on marine bottom sediments with a sorption value reaching 85% within 20 days, as opposed to freshwater sediments which only reached up to 35% within the same period. Tc(VII) in the form of pertechnetate anion exhibits no sorption under either aerobic or anaerobic conditions in the pH range of 4–11. Under aerobic conditions at pH 11 Tc(IV) is sorbed up to 15% only on sapropel; under anaerobic conditions at pH 7 the sorption reaches 25% for lake sediments, 10% for marine sediments and when the pH is 11, the sorption value of Tc by sapropel is as high as 100%.