[3A15-19] Predisposal Management of Fukushima Accident Waste

[3A15] Volume reduction of ¹³⁷Cs-contaminated wastes by hot processing and ion-exchange chromatography

*Tsuneki Ichikawa^1,2, Kazuo Yamada², Masahiro Osako² (1. Hokkaido University, 2. National Institute for Environmental Studies)

Keywords:waste, radioactive cesium, volume reduction, ion-exchange chromatography

A significant volume reduction of ¹³⁷Cs-contaminated wastes was achieved by hot processing of the wastes and the ion-exchange chromatogram of the resultant radioactive product.