广东工业大学学报 ›› 2023, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (06): 139-146.doi: 10.12052/gdutxb.230146

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海水提铀技术研究进展与挑战

蓝芳芳1,2, 李贤辉1, 杨阳2   

  1. 1. 广东工业大学 生态环境与资源学院, 广东 广州 510006;
    2. 南方海洋科学与工程广东省实验室(广州) 滨海与深海生态环境研究中心, 广东 广州 511458
  • 收稿日期:2023-09-20 出版日期:2023-11-25 发布日期:2023-11-08
  • 通信作者: 李贤辉(1986-),男,教授,博士,主要研究方向为膜法水处理技术,E-mail:lixianhui@gdut.edu.cn;杨阳(1986-),女,研究员,博士,主要研究方向为功能纳米膜材料,E-mail:yang_yang@gmlab.ac.cn
  • 作者简介:蓝芳芳(2000-),女,硕士研究生,主要研究方向为海水提铀材料的制备与表征
  • 基金资助:
    广东省粤港科技创新联合资助项目(2021A0505110013)；国家重点研发计划项目(2021YFC3201401)；“珠江人才计划”引进创新创业团队(2019ZT08L213)

Seawater Uranium Extraction: Progress and Challenges

Lan Fang-fang1,2, Li Xian-hui1, Yang Yang2   

  1. 1. School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China;
    2. Research Centre of Ecology and Environment for Coastal Area and Deep Sea, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511458, China
  • Received:2023-09-20 Online:2023-11-25 Published:2023-11-08

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摘要： 铀资源作为核燃料中关键的组成成分，对于保障我国核工业建设和可持续发展至关重要。然而，常规陆地铀资源面临着可开采铀矿相对贫乏、品位较低的问题，而海水铀资源储量却是陆地的近千倍，且我国海域辽阔、海水资源富足。因此，如何能高效地从海水中提取铀资源，进而满足我国核工业发展需求，是亟待探究和解决的重要科学问题。本文系统介绍了国内外海水提铀技术的发展现状，综述了海水提铀材料特别是当前最具发展前景的铀吸附材料的研究概况，并以材料设计和工程应用为切入点，阐晰了海水提铀技术的主要挑战和未来发展展望。

关键词: 海水综合利用, 铀资源, 海水提铀, 铀酰离子, 吸附材料

Abstract: As a key component of nuclear fuel, uranium resources are crucial to ensuring the construction and sustainable development of our country's nuclear industry. However, conventional terrestrial uranium resources are facing the challenges of relatively poor and low-grade mineable uranium ore. In contrast, seawater uranium resource reserves are nearly a thousand times that of land, and China owns vast sea areas and is rich in seawater resources. Therefore, how to efficiently extract uranium resources from seawater to meet the development needs of nuclear industry in China is an important scientific issue that needs to be explored and solved urgently. The development status of seawater uranium extraction technology is systematically introduced, the research progress of the uranium extraction materials especially the most promising adsorption materials summarized, taking material design and engineering application as the key points to clarify the main challenges and future development prospects of seawater uranium extraction technology.

Key words: seawater utilization, uranium resources, seawater uranium extraction, uranyl ions, adsorption materials

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