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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2022
Orano Mining, Chatillon, FR;
Commissariat À L'énergie Atomique ET Aux Énergies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Valentin Fondement, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, FR;
Bertrand Perot, Venelles, FR;
Thomas Marchais, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, FR;
Hervé Toubon, Les Essarts-le-Roi, FR;
Youcef Bensedik, Tours, FR;
Orano Mining, Chatillon, FR;
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A device for evaluating uranium content and hydrogen porosity while drilling includes a probe having a pulsed neutron generator for emitting a pulse of neutrons, a single neutron detector, a neutron counting unit for measuring over time a number of neutrons backscattered from hydrogen nuclei and a number of prompt fission neutrons resulting from interactions with uranium nuclei. The device also includes a hydrogen porosity evaluation unit for evaluating the hydrogen porosity using a total number of backscattered neutrons and a uranium evaluation unit for evaluating the uranium content using a total number of prompt fission neutrons.