Abstract
This paper is concerned principally with commercial-scale experience in the United States in the recovery of uranium from low-grade sources. Most of these operations have been conducted by the operators of uranium mills as an alternative to processing normal-grade ores. The operations have been generally limited, therefore, to the treatment of low-grade materials generated in the course of mining normal-grade ores. In some circumstances such materials can be treated by simplified procedures as an attractive source of additional production. The experience gained in uranium recovery from phosphate rock will be treated in some detail. The land pebble phosphate rock of central Florida generally contains about 0.01 to 0.02% U{sub 3}O{sub 8}. While no uranium is being recovered from this source at the present time, it does represent a significant potential source of by-product uranium production because of the large tonnages being mined. (author)
Kennedy, R H
[1]
- United States Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C. (United States)
Citation Formats
Kennedy, R H.
Recovery of uranium from low-grade sandstone ores and phosphate rock.
IAEA: N. p.,
1967.
Web.
Kennedy, R H.
Recovery of uranium from low-grade sandstone ores and phosphate rock.
IAEA.
Kennedy, R H.
1967.
"Recovery of uranium from low-grade sandstone ores and phosphate rock."
IAEA.
@misc{etde_21594182,
title = {Recovery of uranium from low-grade sandstone ores and phosphate rock}
author = {Kennedy, R H}
abstractNote = {This paper is concerned principally with commercial-scale experience in the United States in the recovery of uranium from low-grade sources. Most of these operations have been conducted by the operators of uranium mills as an alternative to processing normal-grade ores. The operations have been generally limited, therefore, to the treatment of low-grade materials generated in the course of mining normal-grade ores. In some circumstances such materials can be treated by simplified procedures as an attractive source of additional production. The experience gained in uranium recovery from phosphate rock will be treated in some detail. The land pebble phosphate rock of central Florida generally contains about 0.01 to 0.02% U{sub 3}O{sub 8}. While no uranium is being recovered from this source at the present time, it does represent a significant potential source of by-product uranium production because of the large tonnages being mined. (author)}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1967}
month = {Jun}
}
title = {Recovery of uranium from low-grade sandstone ores and phosphate rock}
author = {Kennedy, R H}
abstractNote = {This paper is concerned principally with commercial-scale experience in the United States in the recovery of uranium from low-grade sources. Most of these operations have been conducted by the operators of uranium mills as an alternative to processing normal-grade ores. The operations have been generally limited, therefore, to the treatment of low-grade materials generated in the course of mining normal-grade ores. In some circumstances such materials can be treated by simplified procedures as an attractive source of additional production. The experience gained in uranium recovery from phosphate rock will be treated in some detail. The land pebble phosphate rock of central Florida generally contains about 0.01 to 0.02% U{sub 3}O{sub 8}. While no uranium is being recovered from this source at the present time, it does represent a significant potential source of by-product uranium production because of the large tonnages being mined. (author)}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1967}
month = {Jun}
}