Advances in extracting uranium from seawater announced in special issue
Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 15:00
in Physics & Chemistry
The oceans hold more than four billion tons of uranium—enough to meet global energy needs for the next 10,000 years if only we could capture the element from seawater to fuel nuclear power plants. Major advances in this area have been published by the American Chemical Society's (ACS) journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.