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2012-08-28 Science

ORNL technology moves scientists closer to extracting uranium from seawater

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Posted by BrerRabbit 2012-08-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 And the new invention "also effectively removes toxic metals from water", which wuill make it interesting to tree huggers.

Posted by Bobby 2012-08-28 06:13|| 2012-08-28 06:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Ballantine's from bathwater. When will it happen ?

Posted by Besoeker 2012-08-28 07:44|| 2012-08-28 07:44|| Front Page Top

#3 ...but then how will they dispose of the toxic material? Still no permanent long term storage facility up and running or likely anytime in this century if the tree huggers have their way.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-08-28 08:53|| 2012-08-28 08:53|| Front Page Top

#4 The breeder reactor was a way to utilize some wastes. The Clinch River Breeder Reactor was on its way to being built when funding got pulled.

Posted by JohnQC 2012-08-28 10:40|| 2012-08-28 10:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Thorium is the answer.

Posted by Hellfish 2012-08-28 12:06|| 2012-08-28 12:06|| Front Page Top

#6 They were working in a spiked solution. There is no way that this would efficiently work with regular sea water. You would need a huge amount of absorbent material and the processing/transport of that would consume a huge amount of energy and $$$.

And it doesn't say what form the metals come out in. If it is ionic form then they would immediately redissolve in water, which would make it hazardous waste. Not good.

Posted by remoteman 2012-08-28 16:34|| 2012-08-28 16:34|| Front Page Top

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