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Cesium is a radioactive fission product generated in nuclear power plants and is disposed of as liquid waste. The recent catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan has increased the 137 Cs and 134 Cs concentrations in air, soil and water to lethal levels. 137 Cs has a half-life of 30.4 years, while the half-life of 134 Cs is around two years, therefore the formers' detrimental effects linger for a longer period. In addition, cesium is easily transported through water bodies making water contamination an urgent issue to address. Presently, efficient water remediation methods towards the extraction of 137 Cs are being studied. Prussian blue (PB) and its analogs have shown very high efficiencies in the capture of 137 Cs + ions. In addition, combining them with magnetic nanoparticles such as Fe 3 O 4 allows their recovery via magnetic extraction once exhausted. Graphene and carbon nanotubes (CNT) are the new generation carbon allotropes that possess high specific surface areas. Moreover, the possibility to functionalize them with organic or inorganic materials opens new avenues in water treatment. The combination of PB-CNT/Graphene has shown enhanced 137 Cs + extraction and their possible applications as membranes can be envisaged. This review will survey these nanocomposites, their efficiency in 137 Cs + extraction, their possible toxicity, and prospects in large-scale water remediation and succinctly survey other new developments in 137 Cs + extraction.

Towards the Extraction of Radioactive Cesium-137 from Water via Graphene/CNT and Nanostructured Prussian Blue Hybrid Nanocomposites: A Review