The Cost of Recovering Uranium from Seawater by a Braided Polymer Adsorbent System

摘要

The independent component level cost assessment of the amidoxime braid adsorbent in this article is intended to guide future research and investment decisions regarding seawater uranium extraction technology. As such, several key conclusions can be developed. Using the same reference conditions as JAEA for capacity and recycle (2 kgU/t adsorbent, 6 recycles) as a base case, this study projects the uranium production cost to be $1230/kg U.