Feb 21, 2010 16:01
14 yrs ago
Russian term

цена на уран в концентрате природного урана

Russian to English Tech/Engineering Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng uranium processing
Hi there,

Could some-one with some expertise in the field of chemistry (engineering, natural resource mining) please offer some input on this phrase for me?

The title of the document is "Методика определения цен на уран в концентрате природного урана, применяемая в целях контроля трансфертного ценообразования для доставок концентрата природного урана"

My question is this:
1) is a literal translation (natural uranium concentrate) an acceptable term to describe this концентрате природного урана? Or is this substance in actual fact something like (uranium) yellowcake?
2) in the context of the phrase in the title (цена на уран в концентрате природного урана), does the цена на уран в imply the cost of the uranium which is extracted from the концентрат природного урана? (i.e. the cost of uranium in natural uranium concentrate?)

Many thanks for your help.

Discussion

Callum Walker (asker) Feb 21, 2010:
any thoughts? On the basis of some basic research I have found that this term is used later in the document with the chemical formula U3O8 afterward (triuranium octoxide). This compound can be found naturally and is apparently often used by uranium waste processing plants - I have found this referred to informally as uranium yellowcake, but I'm wondering whether or not it is best to try to leave the translation in a form closer to the original (natural uranium concentrate)? In a previous document I translated, I translated the acronym ХКПУ (химический концентрат природного урана) as uranium yellowcake; I'm wondering what the best thing to do is...is uranium yellowcake acceptable?

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the cost of uranium in natural uranium concentrate

I would stick to the literal translation.

What is yellowcake is explained here (70 to 90 percent triuranium octoxide (U3O8) by weight):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowcake

There may be different concentrates (formulas) of natural uranium. Your document seems to set forward a procedure for determining the cost of uranium in any type of concentrate.
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the price for the uranium in natural uranium concentrate

The term "natural uranium concentrate" is widely used by Western writers. See, for example, http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_... "Yellowcake" is sometimes used as an equivalent term, but yellowcake is sometimes described as a specific type of "natural uranium concentrate." See, for example, http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/glossary.html.
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