Abstract: A process for removing metals from a waste including uranium and a second metal comprising dissolving the uranium and the second metal in a first aqueous solution, removing the dissolved uranium from the first aqueous solution by redissolving in an organic solvent, stripping the uranium from the organic solvent by redissolving in a second aqueous solution, precipitating the uranium from the second aqueous solution, and removing the second metal from the first aqueous solution.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 31, 1993
Date of Patent:
October 11, 1994
Assignee:
IC Technologies
Inventors:
John Litz, Nicholas J. Lombardo, Robert L. Schwartz