How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2017)

Re:How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2... by ptero on Thursday April 30, 2020 @11:26PM (#23038795)

I first thought that OP estimate was way off, but from your numbers he may be right! If you only need 200 tons of soil for 1kg of Ur, that's not much.

A cubic meter of soil is ~2 tons, maybe more, which means you only need a 10m by 10m square to get 1kg of Ur if you go 1m deep. Wow.

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Re:How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2... by finnh on Friday May 01, 2020 @12:58AM (#23039271)

I think getting to enriched uranium is the hard bit.

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Re:How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2... by perl4ever on Friday May 01, 2020 @08:58AM (#23041518)

Also, now your property is a large hole.

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