Uranium Recovery from Phosphoric Acid

 Several companies extracted uranium as yellow cake from phosphoric acid until the price dropped below the cost of production in the early 1990s.

Now uranium prices have rebounded and nuclear energy is considered by many one of the best alternatives to meet climate change targets and reduce dependence on foreign oil.

In conjunction with K-Technologies, KEMWorks offers the conventional solvent extraction (SX) process using DEPA-TOPO that became the standard in the 1980s. We have also developed two Advanced Technologies that offer significant reductions in capital and operating costs, and eliminates the disadvantages of the kerosene carrier used in the SX process.

We have a pilot plant near Lakeland where we can test your phosphoric acid and provide an estimate of capital and operating costs for any of the technologies.