Uranium endowments in phosphate rock

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 478, Issue , 2014, Pages 226-234

  Ulrich, Andrea E ^a   Schnug, Ewald ^b   Prasser, Horst Michael ^a   Frossard, Emmanuel ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy security; Environmental pollution; Food security; Phosphorus; Resources conservation; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FOOD SECURITY; LONG-TERM CONTRACTS; MARKET CONDITION; PHOSPHATE ROCKS; RESEARCH NEEDS; SYSTEMS APPROACH;

ENERGY SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; RECOVERY; URANIUM;

PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS;

PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; URANIUM;

CONSERVATION; FOOD SECURITY; PHOSPHATE ROCK; PHOSPHORUS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; URANIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD SECURITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; ROCK;

MOROCCO; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TUNISIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896724466     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.069     Document Type: Article

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