Event Brief
Chinese team extracts uranium from seawater faster
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 04, 2026 at 10:10 AM ET
Summary: Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Qingdao say they extracted uranium from seawater at up to eight times the US Department of Energy target rate. They used a material called PhosCage, a sponge-like molecular structure with phosphate groups that trap uranium.
WHO: Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers (Qingdao team)
WHAT: Extracted uranium from seawater using PhosCage, reporting up to eight times the US DOE target rate.
WHEN: Sep 04, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET
WHERE: Qingdao, China
WHY: The team reported a method to capture uranium from seawater using phosphate-based chemical traps in PhosCage.
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