Extraction of uranium from seawater: Design and testing of a symbiotic system

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 200-217

  Picard, Mathieu ^a   Baelden, Camille ^a   Wu, You ^a   Chang, Le ^a   Slocum, Alexander H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraction; Seawater; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; NUCLEAR FUELS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEAWATER; URANIUM; URANIUM METALLURGY;

CONTINUOUS SYSTEM; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMER ADSORBENTS; PRODUCTION COST; RECOVERY PROCEDURE; STATIONARY SYSTEMS; URANIUM EXTRACTION; WIND FARM SYSTEM;

OFFSHORE WIND FARMS;

EID: 84918839117     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: 19437471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT13-144     Document Type: Article

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