Facilities for Uranium Recovery from Phosphate

(last updated 20 May 2006)

Contents:

• Wet Phosphoric Acid Process

Wet Phosphoric Acid Process

Country	Owner/Controller	Plant Name/Location	Nominal Capacity		U Recovery Status
			[kt P2O5 / year]	[MTU/year]
Belgium	Umipray S.A. / Prayon	Puurs and Engis a)	130	47
Brazil	INB	Itataia, Ceará		680	Planned
Canada	Earth Sciences Inc.	Calgary, Alberta [ISSUES]	(110)
United States		formerly W.R.Grace Plant / Bartow, FL	330
	Wyoming Minerals Corp.	Farmland / Pierce, FL	450
	Gardinier Inc.	Tampa, FL	450
	International Minerals & Chemicals Corp. (IMC)	New Wales, FL	1500
	CF Industries / IMC	Plant City, FL	750
		Bartow, FL	(600)
	Freeport Uranium Recovery Co.	Uncle Sam / Convent, LA [ISSUES]	820
		Sunshine Bridge / Donaldsonville, LA	480
Taiwan	Institute of Nuclear Research	China Phosphate / Lung Tan	33
Total				?

^a) Puurs (near Antwerp): acid pretreatment and first cycle of extraction/stripping; Engis (near Liège): second cycle and refinery
MTU = metric tonnes of uranium metal.
() = shut down
Source: The Recovery of Uranium from Phosphoric Acid, IAEA-TECDOC-533, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1989, 104 p.

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