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

Re:How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2... by jws on Friday May 01, 2020 @12:10AM (#23039057)

Aluminum is 1000 times more abundant in seawater than (edit)uranium. Lithium is about 60 times as abundant. With uranium at $32/lb, aluminum at $0.75/lb and lithium at $6/lb it seems that aluminum and lithium would reach commercial viability first.

Magnesium has already made it with significant production coming from seawater.

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Re:How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2... by AnimalMuppet on Friday May 01, 2020 @12:22AM (#23039103)

I don't think your first sentence says what you think it does...

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Re:How to extract uranium from seawater for nuclear power (2... by Metacelsus on Friday May 01, 2020 @08:55AM (#23041490)

The price of aluminum reflects the price of the energy needed to reduce it to the metallic form. Extracting from seawater would still need to pay this price.

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