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Asnani said that these projects have received in-principal clearances and that the preparation for their Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been initiated. HYDERABAD: The Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) will be taking up 13 uranium mining projects across the country with an outlay of Rs 10,570 crore, aiming to …
HYDERABAD: Hundreds of people living in villages around the uranium plant at Tummalapalle in Kadapa district are suffering from a plethora of diseases caused allegedly by leachate of uranium radionuclei and alkali material used in the processing of uranium ore. Scientists for People (SFP), an environment protection body of scientists …
SHILLONG: The Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) is planning to set up a processing plant at Mawthabah in connection with uranium mining. As per the official website of UCIL, the Kyelleng-Pyndengsohiong, Mawtahbah uranium project (KPM uranium project) tops the three projects listed by the corporation. Under Kyelleng-Pyndengsohiong, Mawthabah uranium …
SHILLONG, The Langrin Youth Welfare Association (LYWA) on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to KHADC CEM PN Syiem opposing uranium mining in the state. The organization strongly opposed the tender notice floated by Uranium Corporation of India (UCIL). BS Lyngdoh, president and AS Lyngdoh, secretary of the association in a statement …
Tender floated for construction of open pit mine, processing plant in South West Khasi Hills Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has warned the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) that if it carries out uranium mining in the State, it will be at its own risk. When asked about the tender …
The Civil Society Women’s Organisation (CSWO) has vehemently opposed the move of the UCIL (uranium Corporation of India Ltd) to open up new deposits in Kylleng -Pyndengsohiong -Mawthabah (KPM) project in West Khasi Hill. “This will destroy the lives of the people of our state and we will not allow …
After a protracted debate the Centre has finally decided not to go ahead with the proposed mining of uranium in Meghalaya following stiff opposition from the local people. According to official sources here, while prospects for new uranium mines had emerged in states like Meghalaya, Himachal and Uttarakhand, issues, such …
Putting an end to the discretionary powers enjoyed by state governments in granting leases for quarrying minerals, especially major minerals, the Union ministry of mines has made online competitive bidding mandatory to grant leases. Until now the states used to grant leases on first-come-first-served basis and usually such licenses were …
The Centre is exploring opportunities to set up a nuclear power plant in the uranium-rich Jadugoda in East Singhbhum. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown interest in the proposal put forward by the Jamshedpur MP Bidyut Baran Mahato. "The PM (through a letter addressed to the local MP) said the …
Jamshedpur : After issuance of stoppage of mining activity orders to several iron ore mines in the state, including that of Tata Steel and SAIL, the Jharkhand mining and geology department has now issued suspension of mining activity order to Uranium Corporation of India’s (UCIL) best-ore Jadugoda mine, 20 km …
SHILLONG: In a fresh demand for uranium mining in state, as many as seven villages in and around the uranium mining sites in West Khasi Hills have urged the State Government to start mining. The general secretary of Kylleng-Pyndeng Sohiong Uranium Land Owners’ Association, Heasdiengland Lyngdoh Sangriang told reporters that …
Researchers assessing the pre-mining contamination of the environment at Nalgonda have found high levels of Uranium contamination in the groundwater and fair levels of gamma radiation, which will increase drastically once mining commences. About 41 per cent of the groundwater samples collected from sample sites in Nalgonda were found to …
The quantum of uranium in the groundwater of Thummalapalle, in Kadapa district, is below the maximum limit prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and therefore does not pose an immediate risk to people living in the area, concluded a team of researchers. Thummalapalle has one of the largest uranium …
amshedpur: Uranium Corporation of India (UCIL), the sole domestic nuclear fuel provider to the country’s indigenously built nuclear reactors, is poised to start a giant uranium mining-cum-processing project in Kanampalle. The company is already on the verge of completing its 3,000-tpd mine-cum-processing plant at Tummalapalle in Andhra Pradesh. To be …
The Tummalapalle mine in Andhra Pradesh, commissioned in April, will help meet India’s demand for natural uranium, used in indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors. The trail has steep slopes and sharp turns everywhere. Wearing helmet headlamps and gumboots, we hopped on to a “passenger carrier” to begin our trip to …
Mumbai Soaring crude prices and pressure back home to keep rates lower is forcing government-run hydrocarbon firms to diversify into non-oil and gas sectors. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), which supplies crude to oil refiners at a lower price as part of a government subsidy plan, said its board …
High levels of nitrate, lead and nickel have been found present in the groundwater samples collected by the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research at the Union Carbide site in Bhopal. Submitting a report of its study before the Supreme Court which is hearing a PIL in this regard, the IITR …
In a boost to its indigenous nuclear power programme, India has discovered large uranium deposits at Rohil in Rajasthan’s Sikar district. The uranium ore deposits at Rohil Central are estimated at 5,185 tonnes but of a low grade, officials said. At 5,185 tonnes, the deposits are considered to be significant …
New Delhi India may soon set up a new company to acquire uranium mines in foreign countries to ensure fuel supplies to its burgeoning nuclear power programme. The Atomic Energy Commission has recommended setting up of a joint venture company between Nuclear Power Corporation of India and Uranium Corporation of …
Janardhana Reddy The Uranium Corporation of India and the Karnataka government has signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a uranium ore mining and processing plant in Karnataka. UCIL proposed to invest Rs 550 crore in the plant at Gogi, Saidapur, Diggi and Umardoddi villages at Shahapur taluk of …
