Many other nuclear sites around the world must solve similar problems. A five-component ion exchange equilibrium model was developed for these two components plus calcium, magnesium and sodium on a zeolite. The model has been useful for the prediction of equilibrium loading distributions for several different wastewaters at Oak Ridge. A method was developed for predicting mass transfer zone lengths for cesium and strontium in zeolite columns, permitting the optimization of column designs. Another system of interest is the separation of mercury from wastewaters and groundwaters.
Mercury contamination is a problem at thousands of industrial sites.
Analysis of these data is proceeding.