Can the ocean fuel China’s nuclear boom?

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Can the ocean fuel China’s nuclear boom?

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Stephen Chen in Beijing - Published: May 14, 2021

• Beijing is planning to build a facility capable of extracting uranium from seawater in 10 years’ time
• China is promoting the development of nuclear power plants but its uranium reserves will only last another five years

(PHOTO: China has plans afoot to extract uranium from seawater. Photo: Shutterstock)

China plans to have a fully operational facility capable of extracting uranium from the ocean in about a decade’s time, according to the country’s nuclear authorities.

Construction work could start as early as 2026, and once completed the plant would have the capacity to
extract tonnes of uranium a year from seawater, where uranium reserves are believed to be 1,000 times more than on land. . . . .

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