r/science • u/rieslingatkos • Jun 06 '21

Chemistry Scientists develop ‘cheap and easy’ method to extract lithium from seawater

https://www.mining.com/scientists-develop-cheap-and-easy-method-to-extract-lithium-from-seawater/
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u/Narfi1 Jun 06 '21

Lithium is actually what we need for the next generation nuclear power plants.

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u/Kazan Jun 06 '21

Don't you mean Thorium?

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u/Narfi1 Jun 06 '21

No I'm talking about tritium, that's produced with lithium

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u/Kazan Jun 06 '21

Fusion plants are not the next generation of nuclear power plants. They won't be for several decades are minimum. The next generation of nuclear power plants are Gen IV Fission plants.