Abstract

Rapid scanning of numerous rock samples when prospecting for uranium and thorium ores can be facilitated by using the shorter-lived nuclides. The samples are activated during short epithermal neutron irradiations and the 20-min activities of 239U and 233Th are observed instrumentally with a small Ge(Li) detector. The detection limits for uranium and thorium are less than 1 ppm and 20 ppm, respectively.

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