Abstract:
An adsorbent for a radioelement-containing waste which comprises a spherical layered double hydroxide described in the following (A) or a spherical metal hydroxide described in the following (B): (A) a nonstoichiometric compound represented by the following general formula (a) or (b): [M2+1-xM3+x(OH)2]x+[An-x/n·mH2O]x- .... (a) [Al2Li(OH)6]x+ [An-x/n·mH2O]x- .... (b) wherein 0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.4, 0