Static Leaching of Spanish Uranium Ores
Creators
- 1. Direccion de Plantas Piloto e Industriales, Junta de Energia Nuclear, Madrid (Spain)
Description
The paper summarizes the experience acquired in Spain during seven years of investigation on the static leaching of uranium ores. The operations covered minerals showing wide variations with regard to both uranium content (250 and 2000 ppm) and the type of rock and gangue (granites, shales, sandstones, sulphides, carbonates, limonites etc. ). The studies were carried out on quantities of material varying from a few kilograms to several tons. Leaching agents included water, solid reagents (pyrites), alkaline carbonates and sulphuric acid. The systems used consisted of both simple layouts and other, more elaborate schemes including recycling of the liquors. The uranium was recovered from the liquors first by direct precipitation and later by ion-exchange and extraction with amines. (author)
Abstract (Spanish)
La memoria resume la experiercia espanola de siete anos de estudio sobre lixiviacion estatica de minerales de uranio. Se ha estudiado una gran variedad de minerales tanto en lo que respecta a ley de uranio (250 y 2000 ppm), como a la naturaleza de las rocas y gangas (granitos, pizarras, areniscas, sulfuros, carbonatos, limonitas, etc.). Los estudios se han realizado en diferentes escalas, desde kilogramos a varias toneladas. Los agentes de lixiviacion han sido variables: agua, reactivos solidos (piritas), carbonatos alcalinos y acido sulfurico. Los circuitos empleados se refieren tanto a esquemas sencillos, como a otros mas elaborados con recirculaciones de liquido. La recuperacion del uranio de los liquidos se resolvio inicialmente por precipitacion directa, pero luego se efectuo mediante cambio de ion y extraccion con aminas. (author)Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Spanish)
- Lixiviacion Estatica de Minerales Españoles de Uranio
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- IAEA
- Imprint Place
- Vienna (International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA))
- Imprint Title
- Processing of Low-Grade Uranium Ores. Proceedings of a Panel
- Imprint Pagination
- 260 p.
- Series
- Panel Proceedings Series
- Journal Page Range
- p. 172-192
Conference
- Title
- Panel on Processing of Low-Grade Uranium Ores
- Dates
- 27 Jun - 1 Jul 1966
- Place
- Vienna (Austria)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 44100406
- Subject category
- S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- AMINES; CARBONATES; EXTRACTION; GANGUE; GRANITES; LEACHING; LIMONITE; ORE PROCESSING; PRECIPITATION; PYRITE; SANDSTONES; SHALES; SPAIN; SULFIDES; SULFURIC ACID; URANIUM; URANIUM ORES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISSOLUTION; ELEMENTS; EUROPE; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; INORGANIC ACIDS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; METALS; MINERALS; ORES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIC ROCKS; PROCESSING; RESIDUES; ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WESTERN EUROPE
Optional Information
- Notes
- 16 refs., 6 figs., 5 tabs.
- Secondary number(s)
- IAEA-PL--198/10