Bench-Scale Treatability Testing for Fukushima Recovery

The scientist behind this work is Fluid Tech's Chief Technology Officer. Mark S. Denton led media technology at Kurion, Inc. during the Fukushima Daiichi response (the affiliation printed on the paper), and the isotope-specific media science documented here is the foundation of Fluid Tech's WTZ® and FHA products. The media and systems in this paper were Kurion's; Fluid Tech's current products are described under Ion Exchange Media. The summary below is for reference only; full details are in the cited paper. See Dr. Denton's full publication timeline →

01 Overview

This presentation describes off-site bench-scale testing performed to demonstrate the applicability and performance characteristics of natural and modified zeolites for removing priority radionuclides from contaminated seawater contained at the Fukushima accident site.

Summary written from the published abstract. It reproduces no proprietary data, methods, or results.

02 Why it matters

Test before you ship: the bench data here is what justified sending zeolite media into the plant.
Natural and modified zeolites: Fluid Tech's WTZ® 100 is a natural clinoptilolite zeolite, evaluated independently by Oak Ridge in 2022.
Seawater matrix: high-salinity performance is the most demanding test a cesium medium can pass.

03 Citation

William D. Bostick, Mark S. Denton, Joshua L. Mertz. Bench-Scale Treatability Testing in Support of Fukushima Accident Stabilization and Recovery Activities. Conference presentation, 2011 (listed on the author's ResearchGate record as January 2011; no proceedings record located).

04 Related

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