Uranium was found in one of the three meltdown-hit reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 ...
Uranium extraction from seawater at a viable cost is a long-term quest in the sustainable future development of nuclear power. Radiation-modified polyethylene fiber is considered to be the most ...
when tested in coastal seawater over 15 days, 4.79 milligrams of uranium could be extracted for each gram of beads used. Within simulated seawater, the team was able to obtain 8.23mg of uranium ...
They have developed a new method for extracting uranium from seawater using a surprising ingredient: candle wax. This innovation has the potential to revolutionize the nuclear power industry by ...
Extracting uranium from seawater offers a promising solution to the challenge of meeting long-term nuclear fuel needs. (Representational image) Vladimir Zapletin/iStock Scientists in China have ...
Chinese researchers have used candle wax to make water-based gel particles that can efficiently separate uranium from seawater, which they say could open up a new way to power nuclear plants ...