Method of removing phosphorus impurities from yellowcake
Phosphorus impurities are removed from yellowcake by dissolving it in hydrochloric or sulfuric acid to a U.sub.3 O.sub.8 assay of at least 150 g/l at a pH of 2; precipitating uranium peroxide with hydrogen peroxide while keeping the pH between 2.2 and 2.6 and recovering the uranium peroxide from the phosphorus impurities remaining in solution.
Description
Patent History
Patent number: T102906
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 24, 1980
Date of Patent: Apr 5, 1983
Inventors: Richard A. Brown (Trenton, NJ), Donald C. Winkley (Corpus Christi, TX)
Application Number: 6/210,063
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 24, 1980
Date of Patent: Apr 5, 1983
Inventors: Richard A. Brown (Trenton, NJ), Donald C. Winkley (Corpus Christi, TX)
Application Number: 6/210,063
Classifications
Current U.S. Class:
Forming Peroxide (e.g., U04, Etc.) (423/16)
International Classification: C01G 102; C01G 43025;
International Classification: C01G 102; C01G 43025;
