A receptor for the simultaneous removal of oxoanions and their counterions from aqueous phase, particularly containing radioactive wastes, containing amide groups specifically coordinating the oxoanions, as well as moieties specifically coordinating cations, according to the present invention is characterised in that it contains within one molecule domains binding oxoanions and domains binding cations, preferably adapting a molecular structure of a general formula: (I) wherein Z this is a group containing crown ether, preferably a benzocrown group, X is any substituent, including the Y-Z grouping, and Y is any substituent or 0 (i.e. a direct bond between N and Z), where the oxoanion binding domain is a squaramide unit coordinating the oxoanions through amide groups, and squaramide contains additional substituents that increase or decrease the acidity of its amide protons, compared to unsubstituted squaramide, whereas the counter ion binding domain is a crown ether of a size adjusted to the type of binding cation, which forms part of at least one of the aforementioned substituents of squaramide, where the receptor has the ability to remove oxoanions and their counterions from aqueous phase to another water-immiscible phase, preferably to organic phase, and has the ability to form soluble complexes in at least one of the aforementioned phases. The invention considers also a method of removing oxoanions in the form of inorganic salts from aqueous phase, using receptors of the invention in the form of organic molecules containing amide groups, according to the invention is characterised in that it uses the aforementioned receptors for simultaneous binding of oxoanions and their counterions in aqueous phase, preferably acidic when using the receptor with substituents increasing acidity of squaramide protons, or alkaline when using the receptor with substituents decreasing acidity of squaramide protons. A sensor for detecting oxoanions according to the invention is characterised in that it uses the aforementioned receptors, dissolved or suspended in an organic solvent or in a mixture of organic solvents, forming coloured complexes in contact with the phase containing given oxoanions. The preparation for removing oxoanions from aqueous solutions, particularly containing radioactive waste at the stage preceding their disposal by vitrification, is characterised in that it contains the receptor according to the invention, dissolved or suspended in the water-immiscible phase, and the appropriate amount of counterion facilitating extraction. A process of utilisation of aqueous solutions by vitrification, particularly solutions containing radioactive waste, is characte

The present invention relates to a radioactive chemical waste treatment apparatus including an adsorption unit including an radioactive chemical waste adsorption member for adsorbing and separating radioactive chemical wastes from radioactive chemical waste-containing fluid, and a regeneration unit which is in fluidic communication with the adsorption unit and is for regenerating the radioactive chemical waste adsorption member by desorbing the radioactive chemical wastes from the adsorption member with the radioactive chemical wastes adsorbed thereonto, and to a radioactive chemical waste treatment method including (A) adsorbing radioactive chemical wastes onto a radioactive chemical waste adsorption member and separating the radioactive chemical wastes from a radioactive chemical waste-containing fluid, and (B) desorbing the radioactive chemical wastes from the radioactive chemical waste adsorption member with the radioactive chemical wastes adsorbed thereonto, and regenerating the radioactive chemical waste adsorption member.

The present invention relates to a radioactive chemical waste treatment apparatus including an adsorption unit including an radioactive chemical waste adsorption member for adsorbing and separating radioactive chemical wastes from radioactive chemical waste-containing fluid, and a regeneration unit which is in fluidic communication with the adsorption unit and is for regenerating the radioactive chemical waste adsorption member by desorbing the radioactive chemical wastes from the adsorption member with the radioactive chemical wastes adsorbed thereonto, and to a radioactive chemical waste treatment method including (A) adsorbing radioactive chemical wastes onto a radioactive chemical waste adsorption member and separating the radioactive chemical wastes from a radioactive chemical waste-containing fluid, and (B) desorbing the radioactive chemical wastes from the radioactive chemical waste adsorption member with the radioactive chemical wastes adsorbed thereonto, and regenerating the radioactive chemical waste adsorption member.

A decontamination method in which tritium radiation is attenuated or eliminated from radioactive contaminated water. In the decontamination method, the following steps are executed: a step for performing an addition treatment to add a prescribed amount of a mineral powder such as a silicon dioxide ore and a nano-level carbon liquid to heated tritium-contaminated water in an addition treatment tank; a step for pumping the addition-treated water from the addition treatment tank to a mineral solid filled tank using a hydraulic pump; a step for causing the addition-treated water to collide with a mineral solid and passing the addition-treated water through the mineral solid filled tank; a step for returning the passed water to the addition treatment tank using the hydraulic pump; and a circulation process step for repeating the aforementioned steps in a prescribed period of time.

A decontamination method in which tritium radiation is attenuated or eliminated from radioactive contaminated water. In the decontamination method, the following steps are executed: a step for performing an addition treatment to add a prescribed amount of a mineral powder such as a silicon dioxide ore and a nano-level carbon liquid to heated tritium-contaminated water in an addition treatment tank; a step for pumping the addition-treated water from the addition treatment tank to a mineral solid filled tank using a hydraulic pump; a step for causing the addition-treated water to collide with a mineral solid and passing the addition-treated water through the mineral solid filled tank; a step for returning the passed water to the addition treatment tank using the hydraulic pump; and a circulation process step for repeating the aforementioned steps in a prescribed period of time.

As an organic iodine remover that removes organic iodine in a containment vessel of a nuclear reactor, an organic agent (for example, an ionic liquid, an interfacial active agent, a quaternary salt, or a phase transfer catalyst) having a function of dissolving and decomposing the organic iodine and retaining iodine is used. The organic iodine remover is a substance composed of a cation and an anion. The organic iodine remover is, in particular, an organic iodine remover in which, in a structure of the cation of the organic agent, carbon or oxygen is bonded to, via a single bond, to a phosphorus element, a sulfur element or a nitrogen element, the number of carbon chains is 2 or more, and an anionic structure is configured with a substance with high nucleophilicity. By using such an organic agent, the organic iodine is removed with an efficiency of 99% or more.

A transport or storage container holding radioactive waste and a body of water is dried by the steps of first draining or pumping out the body of water and thereby leaving residual water in the container. Then at least one solid drying agent is introduced into an interior the container for removing from the interior of the container for removing the physically or chemically bonded residual water. The solid drying agent is an alkaline earth salt, particularly an alkaline earth oxide.

A transport or storage container holding radioactive waste and a body of water is dried by the steps of first draining or pumping out the body of water and thereby leaving residual water in the container. Then at least one solid drying agent is introduced into an interior the container for removing from the interior of the container for removing the physically or chemically bonded residual water. The solid drying agent is an alkaline earth salt, particularly an alkaline earth oxide.

A dissolved air floatation apparatus including an ultrafine bubble-containing liquid production device and a dissolved air floatation tank. The ultrafine bubble-containing liquid production device includes a gas-liquid mixing unit and a bubble-containing liquid separation device. The bubble-containing liquid separation device swirls a liquid containing ultrafine bubbles and larger bubbles in a storage tank to concentrate the liquid that contains the ultrafine bubbles and the liquid that contains the larger bubbles to a central part of the swirling flow followed by discharge. A pressurized ultrafine bubble-containing liquid is mixed in a raw liquid containing a subject to be cleansed and is poured into the dissolved air floatation tank to cause a suspended substance and a dissolved component in the raw liquid to be adsorbed on an interface of fine bubbles and be floated in the dissolved air floatation tank to be extracted.

A dissolved air floatation apparatus including an ultrafine bubble-containing liquid production device and a dissolved air floatation tank. The ultrafine bubble-containing liquid production device includes a gas-liquid mixing unit and a bubble-containing liquid separation device. The bubble-containing liquid separation device swirls a liquid containing ultrafine bubbles and larger bubbles in a storage tank to concentrate the liquid that contains the ultrafine bubbles and the liquid that contains the larger bubbles to a central part of the swirling flow followed by discharge. A pressurized ultrafine bubble-containing liquid is mixed in a raw liquid containing a subject to be cleansed and is poured into the dissolved air floatation tank to cause a suspended substance and a dissolved component in the raw liquid to be adsorbed on an interface of fine bubbles and be floated in the dissolved air floatation tank to be extracted.