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Chinese team extracts uranium from seawater at 8 times the US target rate

Steady2 outlets reported this in 2 reports over 2 days
Fri, 4 September 2026Sun, 6 September 2026

What it is about

Chinese researchersUS Department of EnergyChinese Academy of SciencesQingdaoChina

Who published it, and when

original reportfirst to report
South China Morning Post1 original report
Times of India1 original report
4 Sept, 14:00over 2 days6 Sept, 16:13

How it spread - 2 original reports

  1. Fri, 4 September 2026

    1 report
    • South China Morning Post14:00first to report

      Chinese researchers have found a way to extract uranium from seawater at several times the target rate set by the US Department of Energy, putting China at the forefront of a global quest to tap into a vast source of nuclear fuel. The team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Qingdao did this using a material they developed called PhosCage – a sponge-like molecular structure filled with phosphate groups that act as chemical traps. In a statement, the researchers said they had recovered up...

  2. Sun, 6 September 2026

    1 report

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