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Title: Recovery of Uranium from Wet Phosphoric Acid by Solvent Extraction Processes

Abstract

Between 1951 and 1991, we developed about 17 processes to recover uranium from wet phosphoric acid (WPA), but the viability of these processes was subject to the variation of the uranium price market. Nowadays, uranium from WPA appears to be attractive due to the increase of the global uranium demand resulting from the emergence of developing countries. Moreover, the increasing demand provides impetus for a new look at the applicable technology with a view to improvements as well as altogether new approaches. This paper gives an overview on extraction processes developed in the past to recover uranium from wet phosphoric acid (WPA) as well as the physicochemistry involved in these processes. Recent advances concerning the development of new extraction systems are also reported and discussed.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [4];  [2]
  1. PSL Research Univ., Paris (France); AREVA MINES, Bessines (France)
  2. PSL Research Univ., Paris (France)
  3. AREVA MINES, Bessines (France)
  4. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Advanced Manufacturing Office
OSTI Identifier:
1185453
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Chemical Reviews
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 114; Journal Issue: 24; Journal ID: ISSN 0009-2665
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Beltrami, Denis, Cote, Gérard, Mokhtari, Hamid, Courtaud, Bruno, Moyer, Bruce A., and Chagnes, Alexandre. Recovery of Uranium from Wet Phosphoric Acid by Solvent Extraction Processes. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1021/cr5001546.
Beltrami, Denis, Cote, Gérard, Mokhtari, Hamid, Courtaud, Bruno, Moyer, Bruce A., & Chagnes, Alexandre. Recovery of Uranium from Wet Phosphoric Acid by Solvent Extraction Processes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/cr5001546
Beltrami, Denis, Cote, Gérard, Mokhtari, Hamid, Courtaud, Bruno, Moyer, Bruce A., and Chagnes, Alexandre. 2014. "Recovery of Uranium from Wet Phosphoric Acid by Solvent Extraction Processes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/cr5001546. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1185453.
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title = {Recovery of Uranium from Wet Phosphoric Acid by Solvent Extraction Processes},
author = {Beltrami, Denis and Cote, Gérard and Mokhtari, Hamid and Courtaud, Bruno and Moyer, Bruce A. and Chagnes, Alexandre},
abstractNote = {Between 1951 and 1991, we developed about 17 processes to recover uranium from wet phosphoric acid (WPA), but the viability of these processes was subject to the variation of the uranium price market. Nowadays, uranium from WPA appears to be attractive due to the increase of the global uranium demand resulting from the emergence of developing countries. Moreover, the increasing demand provides impetus for a new look at the applicable technology with a view to improvements as well as altogether new approaches. This paper gives an overview on extraction processes developed in the past to recover uranium from wet phosphoric acid (WPA) as well as the physicochemistry involved in these processes. Recent advances concerning the development of new extraction systems are also reported and discussed.},
doi = {10.1021/cr5001546},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1185453}, journal = {Chemical Reviews},
issn = {0009-2665},
number = 24,
volume = 114,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}

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