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1. A method for removing radionuclides from a radioactive material comprising:a. contacting the radioactive material with a radionuclide containment composition, allowing the radionuclides to be exchanged with ions in the radionuclide containment composition,i. the contacting resulting in an aqueous slurry; andii. the radionuclide containment composition being an aqueous clay suspension comprising a mixture of a clay mineral and water;b. sequestering the radionuclides from the aqueous slurry using a sorption based media; andc. using a probe to detect the radionuclides and to aid in pushing the aqueous slurry towards the sorption based media, the probe having:i. an illuminator device;ii. a camera; andiii. a sensor. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the probe is an ultrasonic probe. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the clay mineral is montmorillonite. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a weight ratio of the clay mineral to the water ranges from 1:99 to 99:1. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mixture is refined by using sieves to filter and remove coarse material. 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein an aperture size of the sieves ranges from 300 μm to <38 μm. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sorption based media comprises at least one mineral from a palygorskite-sepiolite mineral group. 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sorption based media sequesters the radionuclides by:a. chemical ion exchange;b. mechanical separation of floccules, the floccules produced by the contact of the radionuclide containment composition with the radioactive material; andc. a combination thereof.