The world's first cosmic-ray muon detector developed specifically for use in industry-standard boreholes, has been deployed at Orano's McClean Lake site in northern Saskatchewan where it will be used to image a uranium deposit. The technology developed by Canadian start-up company Ideon Technologies could transform mineral exploration.

• Canada
• Uranium
• Japan
• Muon
• Cosmic ray

Source: World Nuclear News

Date: Thursday, 08 July 2021

Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Transformative-muon-technology-deployed-at-McClean

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