07 July 2021 Share The world's first cosmic-ray muon detector developed specifically for use in industry-standard boreholes, has been deployed at Orano's McClean Lake site in northern Saskatchewan where it will be used to image a uranium deposit. The technology developed by Canadian start-up company Ideon Technologies could transform mineral exploration. Orano Canada Exploration Technical Director Rémy Chemillac with the borehole muon detector (Image: Ideon) Muon tomography uses muons - naturally occurring subatomic particles created when cosmic rays enter Earth's upper atmosphere - to provi...