ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A team of researchers from Sandia, Lawrence Berkeley and Pacific Northwest national laboratories tested a “sponge-like” mineral that can “soak up” uranium at a former uranium mill near Rifle, Colorado. The researchers found that the mineral, calcium apatite, soaks up and binds uranium from the groundwater, reducing it by more than ten-thousandfold. […]
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Using a mineral ‘sponge’ to catch uranium
June 9, 2021 – 5:00 am
By Mollie Rappe
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Posted in Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science, Science / Technology / Engineering
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Also tagged apatite barrier, Office of Legacy Management, uranium remediation
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