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Tritium Removal Breakthrough
July 21 , 2026
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- A research team from China has developed a new metal-organic framework (MOF)-based material that can rapidly remove tritium from nuclear wastewater.
- Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that is difficult to separate because tritiated water has almost the same chemical properties as ordinary water.
- The new material, NH₂-MIL-101(Cr), was coated on a stainless-steel mesh and increased the surface area available for separation by 32 times.
- The chromium-oxygen clusters inside the material help capture tritium atoms and exchange them with normal hydrogen atoms.
- The technology could help reduce tritium release from nuclear facilities and improve the management of nuclear wastewater.
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