Title:
RECOVERY OF URANIUM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS57200225
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
Method of recovering uranium from a silicate-uranium coprecipitate by leaching the coprecipitate with a leachate having a pH of from 2 to 3, followed by filtering the coprecipitate. The uranium is dissolved in the filtrate but the silicate is insoluble. The leachate is preferably an aqueous solution of nitric acid which is also used to wash the coprecipitate. The uranium can be extracted from the filtrate using an organic extractant containing DEPA-TOPO.
Inventors:
EDOWAADO JIIN RAHODA
Application Number:
JP8718882A
Publication Date:
December 08, 1982
Filing Date:
May 22, 1982
Export Citation:
Assignee:
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP
International Classes:
C01G43/00; C22B60/02; (IPC1-7): C01G43/00