Reaction: Porous Organic Polymers for Uranium Capture

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2022-02-01

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Article

Authors
Yavuz, Cafer Tayyar

KAUST Department
Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center (AMPM)
Chemical Science Program
KAUST Catalysis Center
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division

Date
2021-02

Abstract
As clearly stated by Kushwaha and Patel,1 uranium recovery from seawater is largely a game of economics and scale because of the elevated costs of sorbents and labor. For example, extracting 1 g of uranium requires that 300 tons of seawater be processed. Not to mention less than 1% of natural uranium is fissile, and therefore the theoretical energy potential is just equivalent to 15~20 kg of dirt-cheap coal.

Citation
Yavuz, C. T. (2021). Reaction: Porous Organic Polymers for Uranium Capture. Chem, 7(2), 276–277. doi:10.1016/j.chempr.2021.01.011

Publisher
Elsevier BV

Journal
Chem

DOI
10.1016/j.chempr.2021.01.011

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