NOVEL CHROMATOGRAPHIC MATERIALS BASED ON NUCLEAR WASTE PROCESSING CHEMISTRY

Considerable progress has been made recently in the development of eff icient and selective liquid-liquid extraction methods for the isolatio n of various radionuclides from nuclear waste streams. These methods, with minor modification, can be adapted to produce new chromatographic materials capable of selectively sorbing any of a variety of elements from biological, geological, and environmental samples. This article explores the relationship between waste processing chemistry and extra ction chromatography and describes applications of the new chromatogra phic materials that such progress has provided.