Serious differences have emerged between the Centre and Telangana Government over uranium explorations in the Amrabad Tiger Reserve, spread across Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda districts in southern part of the state. The state Forest Department has said it will not allow any exploration that interferes with the natural habitat of the …
Says operating thousands of centrifuges Seoul, November 30 Secretive Korea today boasted advances in its nuclear programme, making sure it held the world
This study starts with a physical assessment of the quantities of the radioactivity being generated and mobilized by the entire system of related industrial processes making civilian nuclear power possible. It assesses the actual and potential exposure of the public to natural and human-made nuclear radioactivity, and it discusses empirical …
In the eye of the storm Forest and environment minister Jairam Ramesh has never had his plate so full. On his visit to Assam, the minister literally tore his hair at the adamant stance of anti-dam activists who would not let him get in a word edgeways. Now he is …
Shillong: NGOs opposing the proposed uranium-mining project in the State have told DAE and UCIL officials, in no uncertain terms, to tell the Centre to abandon its idea of mining uranium here. "We told them to forget uranium from Meghalaya. We also told them not to return since we are …
Energy-starved India is desperately looking for Uranium discovered in Meghalaya and wants to mine it despite protests. The Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL), the public sector company which wants to mine the ore, said that there is no plan to abandon the Rs 1,100 crore uranium mining project in …
India will have a comfortable position in its indigenous uranium resources in the coming decade as it has established an additional 15,000 tonnes of uranium resources in Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Meghalaya, chairman, Atomic Energy Commission Dr Srikumar Banerjee said. This additional resource has taken the country
This, the 22nd edition of the World Energy Council's Survey of Energy Resources (SER), is the latest in a long series of reviews of the status of the world
Iran began loading fuel into the core of its first atomic power plant on Tuesday, moving closer to the start up of a facility that leaders have touted as defying of international efforts to curtail the country's nuclear ambitions. The Russian-built nuclear power plant in Bushehr has international approval and …
Kalasapura village of Chikmagalur was a happy little hamlet but things changed for the residents about three decades ago, ever since it is said that there is an Uranium deposit at Rangappanagudda near Kalasapura. A partial view of Rangappanagudda near Kalasapura in Chikmagalur, where Uranium deposit has been reportedly found. …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai October 6, 2010, 0:10 IST Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) would soon sign an agreement with Uranium Corporation of India (UCI), both state-run companies, for a joint venture to acquire mining assets abroad to procure uranium. They're looking at mining assets in Nigeria, Namibia, Mongolia and Kazakhstan. …
Shillong: The Leader of Opposition Conrad Sangma has called upon the State Government to ensure health and environmental safety before taking any decision on the controversial uranium mining in the State. Conrad Sangma, while expressing his grave concern over the proposed uranium mining in the State, said, "Mining is important …
France urged its citizens on Friday to leave the uranium mining region in Niger after saying it suspected the North African wing of Al Qaeda of kidnapping seven foreigners in the country, including five French citizens. There has been no claim of responsibility. Niger
SHILLONG: Deputy Chief Minister in-charge Mining Bindo M Lanong on Tuesday sought to allay apprehension that Mining Policy draft is to facilitate uranium mining in the State. "Uranium mining is in the domain of the Central Government and it has no link with the draft of Mining Policy," the minister …
SHILLONG, Sept 13: Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Bindo M Lanong, who is holding the Mining portfolio, today said that the Mining Policy, 2010 would be announced within this month. He said this after holding a meeting of all the stake holders where the draft mining policy, including uranium mining, was …
ASIT JOLLY CHANDIGARH Environment minis ter Jairam Ramesh has ordered a comprehensive study to assess the impact of radioactive uranium traces in drinking water on human health across southwestern Punjab.
