Abstract
A stimuli-sensitive, strippable coating material that consisted of a magnetic field-sensitive adsorbent with excellent 137Cs adsorption and a temperature-sensitive, elastic Poly vinyl alcohol (PVA)-borate hydrogel was developed for the decontamination of 137Cs-contaminated surfaces. The viscous solution of adsorbent/PVA-borate complex can easily be applied to a surface at 50°C, subsequently forming an adsorbent/PVA-borate hydrogel film that is strippable from the surface at room temperature. The film displayed a good removal efficiency of 83.46% and the decontamination factor (DF) of 6.05 from the 137Cs-contaminated surface due to the presence of the adsorbent, which had a large distribution coefficient for Cs (3.34×104mL/g). Moreover, the PVA-borate complex can be reused following a simple addition of water via the magnetic separation of the adsorbent, which can capture 99.071% of the 137Cs in the used hydrogel film. These findings suggest a new eco-friendly volume-reduction method for radioactive waste after surface decontamination.
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