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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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SuperCritical Materials licenses technology for uranium seawater extraction
Last week, Austin, Texas–based nuclear fuel start-up SuperCritical Materials announced that it has secured a license from the Department of Energy for a patented uranium and critical materials adsorbent manufacturing process originally developed by a team led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
SuperCritical aims to use this license to extract uranium from seawater at an industrial scale in the United States and abroad.
The 2020 Utility Working Conference (UWC) will be a virtual meeting of the minds to generate strong, practical recommendations designed to address the industry’s most pressing needs. Its focus is to analyze cost drivers common to all nuclear power plants and recommend programs and processes to improve their efficiency and effectiveness and to provide innovative solutions that enable a significant reduction in operating expenses.
Choose one of the organizational participant packages below to be involved a new groundbreaking summit showcasing your organization, all of which will remain available on demand after the meeting concludes.
Includes all the benefits of the $5,000 package PLUS:
Includes all the benefits of the $2,500 package PLUS:
For more information, contact Jeff Mosses (708-220-8699).
For individual registration, contact registrar@ans.org.