The liquid radioactive waste treatment is a challenging task in the rapid development and extensive applications of nuclear technology. The membrane technologies have a potential application in the liquid radioactive waste treatment. In this paper, the mechanisms of different membrane processes to treat the liquid radioactive waste, including the microfiltration, the ultrafiltration, the nanofiltration, the reverseosmosis, the electrodialysis, the membrane distillation, and the liquid membrane process, are reviewed. The application and the research progress of the membrane treatment of the liquid radioactive waste water at home and abroad are discussed in detail, and the new directions and the existing problems of the membrane technology in the field are pointed out.

liquid radioactive waste  /  pressure-driven membrane processes  /  electrodialysis  /  membrane distillation  /  supported liquid membrane