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Using a mineral ‘sponge’ to catch uranium

News Article, June 9, 2021 • Remediation technology reduces uranium levels ten-thousandfold at legacy site in Colorado 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. A graphical illustration of the apatite remediation test to...
Graphic of underground stream with uranium being absorbed by apatite with detection wells upstream and downstream.