Complete the following questions and be sure to explicitly state any assumptions made: 1. Suppose you were a national security analyst tasked to estimate the maximum uranium production in another questionable nation state. You have reliable intelligence that there is a single uranium mine and mill. There is a single 9 cm pipe that transports slurry from the mine to the mill. Based on similar operations, you assume that the specific gravity of this type of slurry is 1.54 and the maximum slurry speed is 1.83 m/s. Assume a water based slurry that contains 60% solid by weight whereby the solid is assumed to contain 0.3 wt% U. What is the maximum milling rate in ton(U)/day?

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To estimate the maximum milling rate in tons of uranium per day we first need to determine the volumetric flow rate of the slurry and then multiply it ... View the full answer