NUCLEAR PROBE
December 1st, 2002
BY MATTHEW BRACEA NUCLEAR probe developed by Australia's national science authority, CSIRO, could be used in the promotion and marketing of low sulphur coal, claims its inventors. The quipment can measure the sulphur content of coal underground, allowing miners to choose seams with less sulphur. It is hoped the device will lead to the reduction of high sulphur coal usage and in turn to lower rates of acid rain. "Australian coal is low in sulphur but some coal extracted from Europe and north America is not," said CSIRO nuclear scientist Dr Mihai Borsaru. Armed ...
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