Re: uranium in seawater

["jjcohen" <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>]

Marco,

    I believe you will find that the concentrations of Uranium and just

about all other naturally occurring toxic elements in seawater exceed

drinking water standards.

    If EPA approval had been required , God could not have created the

ocean.





----- Original Message -----

From: Marco Caceci <mcaceci@radal.com>

To: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 8:33 AM

Subject: uranium in seawater





> We all know that seawater has a lot (ppm range right?) of uranium in it.

> The question is: where does uranium go once you make salt out of seawater?

> My understanding is that

> - water is taken out

> - salt (NaCl) is taken out

> - sometimes MgCl2 etc. are also precipitated out.

> Had a chat on this a while ago, it seems that we have here a potential

> source for U3O8 (I am told it is around $60/lb now), and a potential

TENORM

> hazard, for the delight of ecologists and terrorists alike.

> Maybe somebody has a quick answer: how much uranium is left and where does

> it eventually go? does anybody actually recover it?

>

> Marco

>

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