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Tamada, Masao; Seko, Noriaki; Kasai, Noboru; Shimizu, Takao*
FAPIG, (169), p.3 - 12, 2005/03
Braid adsorbent having functional group of amidoxime is a promising material for the recovery of uranium dissolved in the seawater. This braid adsorbent was made by polyethylene multi-fibers in which amidoxime groups were introduced by radiation-induced graft polymerization and subsequent chemical treatment. Reaction time for graft polymerization was 5 h and the resulted braid adsorbent had 2.8 mmol/g-adsorbent of amidoxime group. The braid adsorbent obtained was moored at the offing of Okinawa Island. The adsorption of uranium reached 1.5g/kg-adsorbent for 30 d soaking. The mooring system for braid adsorbent has possibility which reduced the cost for the recovery of uranium from seawater. It is shown that 134 km
of mooring area is needed for annual product of 1200 tons of uranium. In addition, there is 6000 km and more of suitable sea area for the collection of the uranium in the regions from Okinawa Islands to Tosa Bay in Japan.
Seko, Noriaki; Tamada, Masao; Kasai, Noboru; Yoshii, Fumio; Shimizu, Takao*
Kaiyo Kaihatsu Rombunshu, 20, p.611 - 616, 2004/06
Development of the recovery technology of uranium of storing all over seawater can stable supply of mineral resources over the future. The amidoxime adsorbents used by nonwoven fiber of the shape of cloth produced by the radiation graft polymerization technique. It became clear that their adsorbents of the high form of contact efficiency with seawater are important. Therefore, the braid adsorbents by which contact efficiency with seawater is improved were devised. Moreover, by the mooring system using braid adsorbents, since it counted upon lightweight-ization, i.e., rationalization of the marine structure which occupies the great portion of total cost, in this research, while developing the producing method, performance evaluation was performed, and the production method and the applicability of a recovery system were examined.