Recovery of uranium from wet-process phosphoric acid by solvent extraction

Conference · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1977 · Trans. Soc. Min. Eng. AIME; (United States)

OSTI ID:5254577

Hurst, F J

The rapid expansion of the phosphate fertilizer industry in conjunction with the projected shortage and spiraling price increase of uranium has greatly renewed interest in wet-process phosphoric acid as a significant source of uranium. Two attractive solvent extraction processes for recovering uranium from the acid have recently been developed and tested through bench-scale at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. One of the processes has been successfully tested on a pilot-plant scale at phosphate plants; the second process, which offers several potential advantages, still needs additional testing. The merits of each process are discussed.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN
• OSTI ID: 5254577
• Journal Information: Trans. Soc. Min. Eng. AIME; (United States), Vol. 262:3; Conference: AIME annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV, USA, Feb 1976
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
FERTILIZERS
PRODUCTION
URANIUM
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
PHOSPHORIC ACID
ACTINIDES
ELEMENTS
EXTRACTION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
METALS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
050400* - Nuclear Fuels- Feed Processing