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The development, over the last 50 years, of a technology for leaching various types of monouranium and complex ores, processed at hydrometallurgical plants, is examined. Leaching processes and the equipment required for them (including autoclave processes) for silicate, aluminosilicate, iron-bearing, carbonate uranium ores and complex uranium-phosphorus-bearing, uranium-vanadium, and uranium-molybdenum ores are described.
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Smirnov, I.P., Matveev, A.A. Scientific Principles, Technology, and Equipment for Hydrometallurgical Processing of Uranium and Complex Ores. Atomic Energy 91, 815–823 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013844206056
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