Technical Report on the Behavior of Trace Elements, Stable Isotopes, and Radiogenic Isotopes During the Processing of Uranium Ore to Uranium Ore Concentrate

Technical Report · Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1243009· OSTI ID:1243009

Marks, N. E. ^[1]; Borg, L. E. ^[1]; Eppich, G. R. ^[1]; Gaffney, A. M. ^[1]; Genneti, V. G. ^[1]; Hutcheon, I. D. ^[1]; Kristo, M. J. ^[1]; Lindvall, R. E. ^[1]; Ramon, C. ^[1]; Robel, M. ^[1]; Roberts, S. K. ^[1]; Schorzman, K. C. ^[1]; Sharp, M. A. ^[1]; Singleton, M. J. ^[1]; Williams, R. W. ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

The goals of this SP-1 effort were to understand how isotopic and elemental signatures behave during mining, milling, and concentration and to identify analytes that might preserve geologic signatures of the protolith ores. The impurities that are preserved through the concentration process could provide useful forensic signatures and perhaps prove diagnostic of sample origin.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-07NA27344
• OSTI ID: 1243009
• Report Number(s): LLNL-TR-674363; TRN: US1600929
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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STABLE ISOTOPES
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