Recent progress in separation of technetium-99 from spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste. Challenges and prospects

YA Ustynyuk, NI Zhokhova, ZA Sizova… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of methods for the selective binding and separation of pertechnetate anion
from aqueous solutions formed during the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel remains an …

Modification of Portland cement matrix with diethyldithiocarbamate for technetium immobilization

E Abramova, M Volkov, A Novikov, M Grigoriev… - Progress in Nuclear …, 2025 - Elsevier
The paper considers the effect of sodium diethyldithiocarbamate (SDDC) addition on the
immobilization of technetium in a Portland cement matrix. The leaching process was …

Technetium stabilization in low-solubility sulfide phases: A review

CI Pearce, JP Icenhower, RM Asmussen… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Technetium contamination remains a major environmental problem at nuclear reprocessing
sites, eg, the Hanford Site, Washington, USA. At these sites, Tc is present in liquid waste …

Technetium stabilization in Portland cement and bentonite clay barriers by thiourea

A Safonov, A Novikov, M Volkov, A Sitanskaia… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2023 - Springer
In this paper we elaborated the prospective approach for the immobilization of technetium in
bentonite clay and Portland cement. It includes thiourea (Tu) addition for Tc effective …

Biogenic factors of radionuclide immobilization on sandy rocks of upper aquifers

AV Safonov, ND Andryushchenko, PV Ivanov… - Radiochemistry, 2019 - Springer
The effect of microorganisms on immobilization of Cs, Sr, U, and Tc on sandy rocks from
upper aquifers was studied. Aquifer water samples taken from observation boreholes in the …

Oxidation and Mobilization of Tc-99 Reduced Phases by a Mn (III)–Pyrophosphate Aqueous Complex under Anoxic Conditions: Implications for Remediation of a Risk …

J Stanberry, K Morgan, I Russell… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2025 - ACS Publications
The environmental fate of technetium-99 is tied to its oxidation state. Under oxidizing
conditions, Tc-99 predominates as the Tc (VII) O4–anion, which exhibits high solubility and …

Choline chloride–formic acid mixture as a medium for the reduction of pertechnetates–electrochemical and spectroscopic studies

D Połomski, NA DiBlasi, K Dardenne… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The physicochemical properties of a choline chloride (ChCl) and formic acid (FA) mixture (1:
2 molar ratio) have been studied over a broad range of temperatures (− 140 to 60° C) …

XPS Determination of the Oxidation State of 99Тс Isotope Absorbed on the Surface of Pyrrhotite FenSn+1 and Stibnite Sb2S3

KI Maslakov, AY Teterin, AV Safonov, AV Makarov… - Radiochemistry, 2024 - Springer
Sorption of pertechnetate on pyrrhotite Fe n S n+ 1 (I) and stibnite Sb2S3 (II) from distilled
water was evaluated. The distribution coefficients were found to be 185 and 223 cm3/g …

Composition of Rhenium Heptasulfide Prepared by Different Methods

NB Egorov, EA Isaeva - Inorganic Materials, 2022 - Springer
Re2S7 samples have been synthesized by thiosulfate, sulfide. and thioacetamide processes
and shown to differ very little in composition. Their composition has been determined by …

Imaging of the third gasotransmitter hydrogen sulfide using 99mTc-labeled alpha-hydroxy acids

JY Park, YJ Kim, JY Lee, YS Lee, JM Jeong - Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) defined as the third gasotransmitter after nitric
oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO) is an important mediator of various physiological …