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Re:How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2... by sandworm101 on Thursday April 30, 2020 @11:03PM (#23038680)
>> the top meter of soil in your yard probably contains several kilograms of uranium.

No. That is way way off. Grams ... more likely milligrams and even that sounds too much.

Re:How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2... by akiselev on Friday May 01, 2020 @01:11AM (#23039316)
According to [1], "the normal concentration of uranium in soil is 300 μg/kg to 11.7 mg/kg." According to [2], the density of topsoil ranges from 1,100 to 2,500 kg/m^3. One acre is about 4,000 m^2, so a conservative estimate is that there is about 1.3 kg of uranium in 1 meter of top soil on a 1 acre lot. (4000 m^3 * 1100 kg/m^3 * 3x10^-7). That's just the low end - taking the midway point for both yields over 40kg (4000 m^3 * 1800 kg/m^3 * 6 mg/kg).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_in_the_environment

[2] https://structx.com/Soil_Properties_002.html

Re:How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2... by masonic on Friday May 01, 2020 @04:25AM (#23040131)

  on a 1 acre lot
Not many of us have all of an acre lot for our homes.
Re:How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2... by akiselev on Sunday May 03, 2020 @01:47AM (#23057127)
According to [1], 2 billion people are subsistence farmers with under 5 hectares. The population adjusted average seems to be around a quarter of a hectare (~0.6 acres) per person (which sounds low to me, as someone who has grown my own food without automation).

10^9 == many of us. Unless your definition of "us" is hacker news readers.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsistence_agriculture

Re:How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2... by pfdietz on Friday May 01, 2020 @07:58AM (#23041159)
Do the math. Average crustal abundance of U is around 3 ppm.
Re:How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2... by justatdotin on Thursday April 30, 2020 @11:13PM (#23038728)
for a house in my neighbourhood I'd guess ~100 mg