POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF RADIOISOTOPES TO THE MINING, PREPARATION, TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE, HANDLING, AND USE OF COAL

摘要

This report contains 110 numbered suggestions for uses of radioisotopes in the production, transportation and use of coal. Some of these applications are now in successful use by coal producers and coal users in the United States, and have shown advantages over previous methods. About 80 of the ideas are reported to be in regular or experimental use somewhere in the world, for coal industry or analogous uses.