1. Uranium prospecting methods
1.1 Direct methods
They are based either on the radioactivity of a uranium descendant, or directly on the chemical content of uranium in water or rocks.
The method that uses radioactive properties is radiometric prospecting; the one that directly measures uranium concentration in water and alluvium is geochemical prospecting.
The radiometric measurement operation carried out in a borehole is called radiocoring, and its recording is called logging.
One of uranium's descendants, radon, is a radioactive gas, which is easily detected by devices known as emanometers. The radon prospecting method is called emanometry.
Helium-4 prospecting, which comes from the decay of uranium nuclei and some...
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Within the reasonably assured resources, we determine the quantities recoverable at different costs. In this case, the cost range below $40/ kg U, which corresponds approximately to the price of uranium in 1997, and the cost range between $40 and $80/ kg U, which may become attractive in the future, are selected.
From 1979 to 1994, the price of uranium on the spot market fell from US$43 to US$6 per...
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