Nuclear in-situ analysis techniques for the mineral and energy resources mining industries

Journal Article · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1994 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:182043

Borsaru, M; Charbucinski, J; Eisler, P L ^[1]

---

1. Commonwealth and Industrial Research Organisation, Victoria (Australia)

The technology for in-situ analysis based on nuclear techniques, ie for borehole logging and surface analysis, is now utilised by the energy and metalliferous mining industry. The techniques developed by CSIRO are spectrometric. This uniquely provides opportunity for implementing analysis techniques which are direct instead of being based on the measurement of surrogates. Thus, the techniques lead to quantitative assays, which are available on-line, which provides mining-technology users with increased flexibility in scheduling operations to achieve improved productivity. The paper reviews in detail the performance of the various CSIRO techniques (and the consequent licensed SIROLOG technology) in current routine applications, ie in deposits of black and brown coals and iron ore. It also briefly discusses the potential for logging applications in the nickel, manganese, copper and lead-zinc mining industries. The paper discusses new relevant developments, namely the ultra-low activity probes and face analysers.

• OSTI ID: 182043
• Report Number(s): CONF-940501--
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Journal Issue: Suppl.1 Vol. 70; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
40 CHEMISTRY
ASH CONTENT
COAL
COAL SEAMS
GAMMA-GAMMA LOGGING
LITHOLOGY
MINING
NEUTRON-GAMMA LOGGING
ORES
SPECTROMETERS