Uranium Recovery from Seawater: Development of Fiber Adsorbents Prepared via Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization

Journal Article · Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2(35):14674-14681

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TA03276D· OSTI ID:1171889

Saito, Tomonori; Brown, Suree; Chatterjee, Sabornie; Kim, Jungseung; Tsouris, Constantinos; Mayes, Richard; Kuo, Li-Jung; Gill, Gary A.; Oyola, Yatsandra; Janke, C.; Dai, Sheng

Uranium exists uniformly at a concentration of ~3.3 ppb in seawater. The extraction of uranium from seawater presents a very attractive alternative source of uranium for nuclear fuel needs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1171889
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-104178; AF5855000
• Journal Information: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2(35):14674-14681, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2(35):14674-14681
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English