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Sulphuric Acid Plant Specifications
 

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Acid Plant Database September 2, 2009

Owner Cameco Corporation

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Background

83.333% Cameco Corporation
16.667% Areva Resources Inc. www.arevaresources.com

Location 570 kilometres north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan by air on the southern rim of the uranium-rich Athabasca Basin.The nearest village by road is Pinehouse, 220 kilometres south of Key Lake.
Website www.cameco.com
Plant Plant No. 1 Plant No. 2
Coordinates* 57° 12' 46" N, 105° 40' 17" W (site)
Type of Plant Sulphur Burning Sulphur Burning
Gas Source Elemental Sulphur Elemental Sulphur - Molten from Alberta
Plant Capacity 200 MTPD (Pressure Plant)
160 MTPD (as Conventional Plant)
300 MTPD
SA/DA - DA
Emissions ~ 300 ppm SO2 (as Conventional Plant) ~ 12 ppm SO2
75 ppm SO2 max
Status Operating
To be demolished when new plant is operating
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Year Built - 2011
Technology - MECS
Contractor - FENCO/Wardrop
Remarks

Plant originally designed as a pressure plant but operates at normal pressures (i.e. < 15 psi)

Storage: 1259 m3 - 93% acid

Plant to be equipped with a tailgas reverse jet caustic scrubber

New Storage: 2 x 1240 m3 - 93% acid
                     98% storage
                     Molten sulphur

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MTPD - Metric Tonne per Day           STPD - Short Ton per Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum      STPA - Short Ton per Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption
 

* Coordinates can be used to locate plant on Google Earth