<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Underground water is one of the main sources of radon for households. This article focuses on the estimation and removal of radon from underground water using the technology and inorganic sorbents developed by EKSORB Ltd., Russia for liquid radioactive waste treatment in the nuclear power industry. The article presents the results of tests of a system for the removal of radon and radon daughters from water patented by EKSORB. This is achieved by filtering water through RATZIR sorbent, followed by periodic load regeneration. Over a period of three years, the plant is successful in removing radon from the water that had an initial radon content of approximately 1500 Bq/L to less than 60 Bq/L, without releasing radon to indoor/outdoor air.</p></abstract>

Underground water is one of the main sources of radon for households. This article focuses on the estimation and removal of radon from underground water using the technology and inorganic sorbents developed by EKSORB Ltd., Russia for liquid radioactive waste treatment in the nuclear power industry. The article presents the results of tests of a system for the removal of radon and radon daughters from water patented by EKSORB. This is achieved by filtering water through RATZIR sorbent, followed by periodic load regeneration. Over a period of three years, the plant is successful in removing radon from the water that had an initial radon content of approximately 1500 Bq/L to less than 60 Bq/L, without releasing radon to indoor/outdoor air.

A technology of drinking water decontamination from radon and its decay products

Department of Radiochemistry and Applied Ecology

Nukleonika

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Underground water is one of the main sources of radon for households. This article focuses on the estimation and removal of radon from underground water using...

A technology of drinking water decontamination from radon and its decay products

Publié en ligne: 29 mai 2020

Pages: 67 - 70

Reçu: 19 nov. 2019

Accepté: 22 janv. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2020-0009

Mots clés
Radon in drinking water, Radon measurement, Sorption

© 2020 Igor Voinov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

A technology of drinking water decontamination from radon and its decay products

Publié en ligne: 29 mai 2020

Pages: 67 - 70

Reçu: 19 nov. 2019

Accepté: 22 janv. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2020-0009

Mots clésRadon in drinking water, Radon measurement, Sorption

© 2020 Igor Voinov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
Radon in drinking water, Radon measurement, Sorption