Investigating the distribution coefficient of strontium in a sample of Tehran soil

Bagheri, Sh.; Feghhi, S.A.H.; Ghasemi Mobtaker, H.; Taherian, A.M.; Aghayan, H.; Yousefi, T.

doi:10.24200/nst.2022.1478

Investigating the distribution coefficient of strontium in a sample of Tehran soil

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Sh. Bagheri ¹

S.A.H. Feghhi ¹

H. Ghasemi Mobtaker ²

A.M. Taherian ³

H. Aghayan ²

T. Yousefi ²

¹ Nuclear Engineering School, Shahid Beheshti University, Postal code: 1983969411, Tehran-Iran

² Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, AEOI, P.O.Box:11365-8486, Tehran-Iran

³ Radioactive Waste Management Company, Postal code: 1439955931, Tehran-Iran

https://doi.org/10.24200/nst.2022.1478

Abstract

This study investigates the distribution coefficient of strontium in a soil sample in the south of Tehran. In this research, the columnar method was used to determine the distribution coefficient of strontium. Also, the effect of three factors, pH, strontium concentration, and soil height in the column was studied using the RSM method's experimental design. For this purpose, five different levels were considered for each parameter, and the experiments were designed and performed by MiniTab software. According to the results obtained in the predicted model, pH, column height, interaction between pH and column height, the interaction between pH and strontium concentration, and interaction between strontium concentration and column height are important. The square of the coefficients as well as the concentration of strontium, did not have much effect on the distribution coefficient. The most significant effect is due to the height of the column, which increases with increasing the height of the column. The rate of conformity of the predictive equation with the actual values is 96.39%, which is an acceptable value.

Highlights

Z. Ning, et al, Strontium adsorption and penetration in kaolinite at low Sr2+concentration,

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 63(1), 14-17 (2017).

E. Başçetin, G. Atun, Adsorption behavior of strontium on binary mineral mixtures of Montmorillonite and Kaolinite, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes, 64 (8), 957–964 (2006).

Geological disposal of spent fuel and high-level and alpha bearing wastes, Proceedings of symp, Antwerp, Belgium, 19-23 october1992, IAEA Publication, Vienna, Austria, (1993).

R.L. Bunde, et al, Effects of calcium and magnesiumon strontium distribution coefficients, Environ. Geol., 32 (3), 219–229 (1997).

M. Simad, “Nuclear power and fossil fuels: study of a symbiotic relationship”, Invited paper, Int. Energy Conf., Tehran, Iran, (1998).

U. Asim, et al, Morphology controlled facile synthesis of MnO2 adsorbents for rapid Strontium removal, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 98, 375–382 (2021).

J. Zhang, et al, Distinctive two-step intercalation of Sr2+ into a coordination polymer with record high 90Sr uptake capabilities, Chem, 5, 977-994 (2019).

A.H.M.J. Al-Obaidy, Distribution of some metals in sediments and water in Tigris River, J. Global Ecol. Environ., 4, 140–146 (2016).

Stephen D. Page, (Director), Understanding Variation in Partition Coefficient, Kd, Values, EPA 402-R-99-004A, August (1999).

H.M.N. Kamel, Adsorption models of 137Cs radionuclide and Sr (II) on some Egyptian soils, J. of Environ. Radio., 101, 297–303 (2010).

M.H. Gerzabek, F. Strebl, B. Temmel, Plant uptake of radionuclides in lysimeter experiments, Environ. Pollut., 99, 93-103 (1998).

C. Bucur, et al, Diffusion Coefficients of Critical Radionuclides from Radioactive Waste in Geological Medium, WM’00 Conference, February 27 – March 2, (2000), Tucson, AZ.

D.J. Ashworth, G. Shaw, A comparison of the soil migration and plant uptake of radioactive chlorine and iodine from contaminated groundwater, J. Environ., 89, 61-80 (2006).

S. Kasar, et al, Sorption and desorption studies of Cs and Sr in contaminated soil samples around Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, J. Soils Sediments, 20, 392-403 (2020).

Keywords

Distribution coefficient

Strontium

Response surface method

Adsorption

Main Subjects

MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES

Z. Ning, et al, Strontium adsorption and penetration in kaolinite at low Sr2+concentration,

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 63(1), 14-17 (2017).

E. Başçetin, G. Atun, Adsorption behavior of strontium on binary mineral mixtures of Montmorillonite and Kaolinite, Appl. Radiat. Isotopes, 64 (8), 957–964 (2006).

Geological disposal of spent fuel and high-level and alpha bearing wastes, Proceedings of symp, Antwerp, Belgium, 19-23 october1992, IAEA Publication, Vienna, Austria, (1993).

R.L. Bunde, et al, Effects of calcium and magnesiumon strontium distribution coefficients, Environ. Geol., 32 (3), 219–229 (1997).

M. Simad, “Nuclear power and fossil fuels: study of a symbiotic relationship”, Invited paper, Int. Energy Conf., Tehran, Iran, (1998).

U. Asim, et al, Morphology controlled facile synthesis of MnO2 adsorbents for rapid Strontium removal, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 98, 375–382 (2021).

J. Zhang, et al, Distinctive two-step intercalation of Sr2+ into a coordination polymer with record high 90Sr uptake capabilities, Chem, 5, 977-994 (2019).

A.H.M.J. Al-Obaidy, Distribution of some metals in sediments and water in Tigris River, J. Global Ecol. Environ., 4, 140–146 (2016).

Stephen D. Page, (Director), Understanding Variation in Partition Coefficient, Kd, Values, EPA 402-R-99-004A, August (1999).

H.M.N. Kamel, Adsorption models of 137Cs radionuclide and Sr (II) on some Egyptian soils, J. of Environ. Radio., 101, 297–303 (2010).

M.H. Gerzabek, F. Strebl, B. Temmel, Plant uptake of radionuclides in lysimeter experiments, Environ. Pollut., 99, 93-103 (1998).

C. Bucur, et al, Diffusion Coefficients of Critical Radionuclides from Radioactive Waste in Geological Medium, WM’00 Conference, February 27 – March 2, (2000), Tucson, AZ.

D.J. Ashworth, G. Shaw, A comparison of the soil migration and plant uptake of radioactive chlorine and iodine from contaminated groundwater, J. Environ., 89, 61-80 (2006).

S. Kasar, et al, Sorption and desorption studies of Cs and Sr in contaminated soil samples around Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, J. Soils Sediments, 20, 392-403 (2020).