The work is published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials. More information: Byung-Moon Jun et al, Adsorption of uranyl ion on hexagonal boron nitride for remediation of real U-contaminated soil ...

Built at the Illinois Institute of Technology by Atomics International, the reactor was a 50,000-watt aqueous-homogenous design using a solution of uranyl sulfate in distilled water as its fuel.