Abstract: The invention relates to adsorption material for radionuclides based on a fine fibrous material containing chitin. The material is obtained from fungi and insoluble ferrocyanides of the transition metals, especially copper ferrocyanide. The adsorption material is especially well suited for cleaning liquid radioactive wastes produced in the atomic industry and by nuclear power stations.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 29, 2000
Date of Patent:
June 11, 2002
Assignee:
Rwe Nukem GmbH
Inventors:
Leontiy F. Gorovoj, Valentin N. Kosyakov