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The ocean’s nuclear energy reserve

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Oceanic uranium represents a vast fuel resource that could ensure the long-term sustainability of nuclear power. A new study seeks to harness that potential by developing a bioinspired adsorbent membrane capable of capturing uranium from seawater.

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Fig. 1: Uranium adsorption on a hierarchical amidoxime-functionalized membrane.

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    Alexander I. Wiechert & Sotira Yiacoumi

  2. Manufacturing Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA

    Costas Tsouris

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Wiechert, A.I., Yiacoumi, S. & Tsouris, C. The ocean’s nuclear energy reserve. Nat Sustain 5, 13–14 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00808-1

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