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
Who published it, and when
original reportfirst to report
South China Morning Post
Times of India
4 Sept, 14:00over 2 days6 Sept, 16:13
How it spread - 2 original reports
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...
Sun, 6 September 2026
1 report- Times of India16:13