Amenability of low- grade uranium towards column bioleaching by acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Abhilash, and Mehta, K D and Kumar, Vinay and Pandey, B D and Tamrakar, P K (2007) Amenability of low- grade uranium towards column bioleaching by acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. In: International Seminars in Mineral Processing Technology (MPT 2007), 2007.

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ABSTRACT : R & D studies were carried out at NML using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (Ac.TJ in column for the bio-recovery of uranium from the low-grade uranium ore containing 0.024% U308 of Turamdih Mines, Singhbhum. A recovery of 55 .48% uranium was obtained in bio-leaching as against -- 44.0% in sterile control in 30 days at 1.7pH in a column containing 2 . 5kg ore of particle size mainly in the ra,., 5-1mm . In the large scale column , leaching with 80kg ore of particle size -0.5cm, uranium biorecovery was found to be 69.8% in comparison to a recovery of 55% in control set at 1.7 pH in 50 days. The uranium recoveries followed indirect leaching mechanism.

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Uncontrolled Keywords:Uranium, Acidithiobacillus Ferrooxidans
Divisions:Metal Extraction and Forming
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