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US Firm Eyes 4 Billion Tons of Ocean Uranium for 50,000 Years of Fuel

The startup says its fibers can cut extraction costs as yellowcake prices have risen 75% in five years, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

US startup Fluxnium uses reusable polymer fibers to extract uranium from seawater and produce yellowcake for the nuclear fuel supply chain.

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The United States is seeking to increase its nuclear capacity but faces challenges in securing fuel. Fluxnium offers an innovative solution for extracting uranium from seawater. Fluxnium, a clean technology company, is finding a way to utilize 50,000 years' worth of nuclear fuel. The US plans to triple its nuclear power plant capacity by 2050, but this goal may face an obstacle… The article "Fluxnium: Extracting Uranium from Seawater" first app…

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A young American company, Fluxnium, focuses on the development of a state-of-the-art method of producing dissolved uranium directly from seawater. The startape intends to transform the oceans into a permanent reservoir of raw materials for the nuclear industry. The interest in the project is fuelled by the U.S. strategy to triple the capacity of the nuclear power plant by 2050, as well as by the explosive increase in energy consumption from the …

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Key takeaways Fluxnium, an American clean technology company, has developed a method to access a virtually inexhaustible supply of nuclear fuel from the world's oceans. TechCrunch reports. The ocean as an inexhaustible uranium supply Although the United States aims to triple its nuclear energy capacity by 2050, the rising costs for […]

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TechCrunch broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
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