Uranium extraction from seawater: material design, emerging technologies and marine engineering

Y Xie, Z Liu, Y Geng, H Li, N Wang, Y Song… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Uranium extraction from seawater (UES), a potential approach to securing the long-term
uranium supply and sustainability of nuclear energy, has experienced significant progress in …

Materials for the recovery of uranium from seawater

CW Abney, RT Mayes, T Saito, S Dai - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
More than 1000× uranium exists in the oceans than exists in terrestrial ores. With nuclear
power generation expected to increase over the coming decades, access to this …

Amidoxime-based materials for uranium recovery and removal

N Tang, J Liang, C Niu, H Wang, Y Luo… - Journal of materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Resources and the environment are two eternal themes of social development. Nuclear
energy, a green source with high energy density, can greatly alleviate the pressure of the …

An ion‐crosslinked supramolecular hydrogel for ultrahigh and fast uranium recovery from seawater

B Yan, C Ma, J Gao, Y Yuan, N Wang - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale uranium extraction from seawater is a crucial but challenging part of nuclear
power generation. In this study, a new ion‐crosslinked supramolecular Zn2+–poly …

Sunlight polymerization of poly (amidoxime) hydrogel membrane for enhanced uranium extraction from seawater

C Ma, J Gao, D Wang, Y Yuan, J Wen, B Yan… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The uranium level in seawater is≈ 1000 times as high as terrestrial ores and can provide
potential near‐infinite fuel for the nuclear energy industry. However, it is still a significant …

Recovery of uranium from seawater: a review of current status and future research needs

J Kim, C Tsouris, RT Mayes, Y Oyola… - Separation Science …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The recovery of uranium (U) from seawater has been investigated for over six decades in
efforts to secure uranium sources for future energy production. The majority of the research …

Extracting uranium from seawater: promising AF series adsorbents

S Das, Y Oyola, RT Mayes, CJ Janke… - Industrial & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A new family of high-surface-area polyethylene fiber adsorbents named the AF series was
recently developed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The AF series adsorbents …

Uptake of uranium from seawater by amidoxime-based polymeric adsorbent: field experiments, modeling, and updated economic assessment

J Kim, C Tsouris, Y Oyola, CJ Janke… - Industrial & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Uranium recovery from seawater has been investigated for several decades for the purpose
of securing nuclear fuel for energy production. In this study, field column experiments have …

Removal of uranium (VI) from water by the action of microwave-rapid green synthesized carbon quantum dots from starch-water system and supported onto polymeric …

ME Mahmoud, NA Fekry, AM Abdelfattah - Journal of hazardous materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are a new class of carbon nanoparticles with superior
advantages as small particle size, excellent biocompatibility and low toxicity which advance …

Amidoxime-functionalized MXene beads for the effective capture of uranium from wastewater with high fluoride concentrations

Y Zhou, J Yang, N Zhou, H Hao, X Jiang, F Lei… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The treatment of radioactive wastewater is crucial to ensure the safe and rapid development
of nuclear energy. However, efficient disposal of uranium wastewater containing high …