NUCLEAR PROBE
December 1st, 2002
BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Brisbane, AustraliaA NUCLEAR probe developed in Australia for minerals exploration and mining has the potential to reduce rates of acid rain and other environmental pollution, its developers claim.The device, designed by Australia's chief science authority CSIRO, can detect the concentrations of sulphur in coal seams and mine waste rock underground, allowing miners to choose those with lower levels and leave the higher sulphur coals embedded.Australian coal is comparatively low in sulphur but some coal extracted from Europe and north America ...
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