Search Results - "Gill, Gary"
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Uptake of Uranium from Seawater by Amidoxime-Based Polymeric Adsorbent: Field Experiments, Modeling, and Updated Economic Assessment
Published in Industrial & engineering chemistry research (09-04-2014)“…Uranium recovery from seawater has been investigated for several decades for the purpose of securing nuclear fuel for energy production. In this study, field…”
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Strategies toward the Synthesis of Advanced Functional Sorbent Performance for Uranium Uptake from Seawater
Published in Industrial & engineering chemistry research (27-10-2021)“…A polymer fiber-based adsorbent (AF1) composed of acrylonitrile and itaconic acid functional groups was synthesized by a radiation-induced graft polymerization…”
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Characterization and Testing of Amidoxime-Based Adsorbent Materials to Extract Uranium from Natural Seawater
Published in Industrial & engineering chemistry research (20-04-2016)“…Extraction of uranium (U) from seawater for use as a nuclear fuel is a significant challenge due to the low concentration of U in seawater (∼3.3 ppb) and…”
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Uranium Adsorbent Fibers Prepared by Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) from Poly(vinyl chloride)-co-chlorinated Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-co-CPVC) Fiber
Published in Industrial & engineering chemistry research (20-04-2016)“…The need to secure future supplies of energy attracts researchers in several countries to a vast resource of nuclear energy fuel: uranium in seawater…”
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The Uranium from Seawater Program at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Overview of Marine Testing, Adsorbent Characterization, Adsorbent Durability, Adsorbent Toxicity, and Deployment Studies
Published in Industrial & engineering chemistry research (20-04-2016)“…The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is evaluating the performance of adsorption materials to extract uranium from natural seawater. Testing…”
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Uranium Resource Recovery from Desalination Plant Feed and Reject Water Using Amidoxime Functionalized Adsorbent
Published in Industrial & engineering chemistry research (19-12-2018)“…With global demand for nuclear power expected to rise, new nuclear fuel resources must be explored to ensure the viability and sustainability of nuclear power…”
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Effect of Biofouling on the Performance of Amidoxime-Based Polymeric Uranium Adsorbents
Published in Industrial & engineering chemistry research (20-04-2016)“…The Marine Science Laboratory at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory evaluated the impact of biofouling on the performance or uranium adsorbents. A…”
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Efficient Functionalization of Polyethylene Fibers for the Uranium Extraction from Seawater through Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
Published in Industrial & engineering chemistry research (27-09-2017)“…Brush-on-brush structures are proposed as one method to overcome support effects in grafted polymers. Utilizing glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) grafted on…”
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Nanostructured Metal Oxide Sorbents for the Collection and Recovery of Uranium from Seawater
Published in Industrial & engineering chemistry research (20-04-2016)“…The ability to collect uranium from seawater offers the potential for a long-term green fuel supply for nuclear energy. However, extraction of uranium, and…”
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Elution of Uranium and Transition Metals from Amidoxime-Based Polymer Adsorbents for Sequestering Uranium from Seawater
Published in Industrial & engineering chemistry research (20-04-2016)“…High-surface-area amidoxime and carboxylic acid grafted polymer adsorbents developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory were tested for sequestering uranium in a…”
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Investigations into the Reusability of Amidoxime-Based Polymeric Adsorbents for Seawater Uranium Extraction
Published in Industrial & engineering chemistry research (11-10-2017)“…The ability to reuse amidoxime-based polymeric adsorbents is a critical component in reducing the overall cost of the technology to extract uranium from…”
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Acetone-butanol fermentation of marine macroalgae
Published in Bioresource technology (01-03-2012)“…► Brown macroalgae contain high concentrations of mannitol and laminarin. ► Clostridium acetobutylicum ferments these seaweed extract substrates to butanol. ►…”
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Mercury concentrations in Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) and sediments in the Columbia River basin
Published in Environmental toxicology and chemistry (01-10-2016)“…The accumulation of mercury was investigated in Pacific lamprey and stream sediments in the Columbia River basin. Mercury concentrations in larval lamprey…”
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Comparison of Analytical Methods for the Determination of Uranium in Seawater Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
Published in Industrial & engineering chemistry research (20-04-2016)“…Trace element determinations in seawater by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry are analytically challenging due to the typically very low…”
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Flux of Total Mercury and Methylmercury to the Northern Gulf of Mexico from U.S. Estuaries
Published in Environmental science & technology (15-12-2015)“…To better understand the source of elevated methylmercury (MeHg) concentrations in Gulf of Mexico (GOM) fish, we quantified fluxes of total Hg and MeHg from 11…”
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Assessment of Impacts of Dissolved Organic Matter and Dissolved Iron on the Performance of Amidoxime-Based Adsorbents for Seawater Uranium Extraction
Published in Industrial & engineering chemistry research (15-05-2019)“…One critical challenge of the development of seawater uranium extraction is to make uranium adsorbents perform well in the complex real seawater matrix, which…”
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Potential Impact of Seawater Uranium Extraction on Marine Life
Published in Industrial & engineering chemistry research (20-04-2016)“…A variety of adsorbent materials have been developed to extract uranium from seawater as an alternative traditional terrestrial mining. A large-scale…”
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An intercomparison of procedures for the determination of total mercury in seawater and recommendations regarding mercury speciation during GEOTRACES cruises
Published in Limnology and oceanography, methods (01-02-2012)“…We conducted a laboratory intercomparison of total mercury (Hg) determination in seawater collected during U.S. GEOTRACES Intercalibration cruises in 2008 and…”
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Pyrogenic Inputs of Anthropogenic Pb and Hg to Sediments of the Hood Canal, Washington, in the 20th Century: Source Evidence from Stable Pb Isotopes and PAH Signatures
Published in Environmental science & technology (05-06-2012)“…Combustion-derived PAHs and stable Pb isotopic signatures (206Pb/207Pb) in sedimentary records assisted in reconstructing the sources of atmospheric inputs of…”
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The Influence of Transitional Metal Dopants on Reducing Chlorine Evolution during the Electrolysis of Raw Seawater
Published in Applied sciences (01-12-2021)“…Electrocatalytic water splitting is a possible route to the expanded generation of green hydrogen; however, a long-term challenge is the requirement of fresh…”
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