Abstract
In nuclear power plants and nuclear laboratories, laundry wastewater is generated from decontaminating polluted instruments, worker’s clothes and taking shower after work. Laundry wastewater contains radionuclides and surfactants. The surfactants included in laundry wastewater affect the extraction of radionuclides. Therefore, surfactants should be removed before extraction of radionuclides. The objective of the present work is to assess the ability of commercial charcoal for the removal of nonionic surfactants, where, commercial charcoal is a commonly available adsorbent for treatment. Charcoal was characterized using different analytical techniques. The isotherm models and thermodynamic parameters were evaluated. Charcoal was applied to the removal of surfactant from liquid radioactive waste. The data obtained can be used for designing a plant for treatment of surfactant rich water and wastewater economically.
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