Uranium producer begins to examine boreholes using X-ray technology

Orano Group, a French uranium producer, is working with Canadian earth ‘x-ray’ start-up Ideon Technologies to deploy the world’s first cosmic-ray muon detector for use in industry-standard boreholes.

Ideon Technologies deploying one of the world’s first borehole muon detectors at Orano’s uranium project at McClean Lake, Canada

15 July 2021
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