Removal of tritium labeled compounds from waste solutions by Sephadex, mineral coal and alumina

Organic waste solutions containing tritium present two problems: the high t oxicity of the solvents and the radioactivity of tritium. In this paper the sorption behavior of the radioactivity of tritium from aqueous and organic waste solutions, containing tritium labeled compounds, was studied in Seph adex, mineral coal and alumina. It was found that the tritium retention dep ends on the composition of the waste solutions. Mineral coal was the best o f the three materials studied to retain the organic compounds labeled with this radionuclide.