Published May 12, 1988
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Journal article
Desert pioneers go high tech in uranium project
Description
The Kintyre uranium deposit discovered in 1985 in Western Australia's Great Sandy Desert by CRA Exploration is a highly competitive, easy to mine deposit, estimated at 35,000 tonnes of uranium oxide. Since its discovery CRA has spent $20 million on evaluation drilling and exploration and will spend another $10 million in 1988. Despite its remoteness the latest technology is being used, with sophisticated computer and assaying facilities, including an automatic X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, being established on site. A CRA-built radiometric ore sorter is being tested there which could cut ore processing costs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- CRA Gazette
- Journal Volume
- 23
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- CRA Gaz.
- Journal Page Range
- 1-2
- ISSN
- 0311-9912
- CODEN
- CRGAE
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Australia
- Country of Input or Organization
- Australia
- INIS RN
- 20068101
- Subject category
- S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- FEASIBILITY STUDIES; RADIOMETRIC SORTING; ROCK DRILLING; URANIUM DEPOSITS; URANIUM ORES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS
- Descriptors DEC
- AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; MACHINING; MATERIALS DRILLING; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; ORES; SORTING; X-RAY EMISSION ANALYSIS