ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,656, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ORANO MINING (Chatillon, France) and COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).
"Method for assessing the uranium content in a borehole using gamma spectrometry and associated device" was invented by Thomas Marchais (Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France), Bertrand Perot (Venelles, France), Pierre-Guy Allinei (Peyrius, France), Herve Toubon (Les Essarts-le-Roi, France) and Youcef Bensedik (Tours, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assessing the uranium content in a region of interest of a subsoil using gamma spectrometry includes acquiring at least one ener...