ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a comprehensive review on advances in the utilization of conventional treatment technology in the management of aqueous and organic liquid wastes and highlight the emerging technological options for the management of liquid wastes. Evaporation is probably the best technique for wastes having relatively high salt content and for nitric-acid-containing effluents, i.e., possessing high electrical conductivity, a relatively low volume, and requiring high decontamination factors. During the early days of nuclear industry, the procedure for the utilization of ion exchange in water and wastewater treatments was well developed. Various recent studies were investigated to prepare and examine new ion exchangers that can recover the difficulties faced during industrial application of this treatment option as well as to improve its performance. Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) is widely used as a decontaminating agent in nuclear industry. Degussa P-25 titanium dioxide TiO2 was utilized for photocatalytic degradation of EDTA as the semiconductor photocatalyst in the presence of ultraviolet light.
