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 …
JORHAT, March 1: What prevents Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL) from making a formal announcement about the reported discovery of a uranium reserve at Borhola along the Assam-Nagaland border in November 2009? Speculations from various quarters are diverse, but the move on …
Hopes for the development of pebble-bed nuclear reactor technology, long held up as a safer alternative to conventional nuclear power, have suffered a blow. The South African government confirmed that it will effectively stop funding a long-term project to develop the technology.
INDIAN companies such as Essar, London-listed Vedanta and a subsidiary of shipmaker Varun Industries are scouting around for opportunities to explore and mine uranium in countries like Australia, Canada and parts of Africa which have deposits of the mineral used to power nuclear reactors. An overseas subsidiary of Reliance Industries, …
SHILLONG, Feb 15: The Meghalaya Government has finally notified constitution of a Joint Committee on Uranium Mining in Meghalaya (JCUMM) comprising 32 members even as the three-month period for submission of its report to the government lapsed on February 4. The JCUMM was constituted on November 4 to look into …
Mondal, Tynsong in 33-member committee SHILLONG: The State government has formed a 33-member committee to go into the various aspects of uranium mining in the West Khasi Hills district. The committee comprising members from various NGOs, experts from both the governmental and private along with Ministers has been asked to …
MUMBAI: Owing to a critical shortage of indigenously produced uranium, only three of India's 17 nuclear reactors are working to their full potential. Data available with TOI shows 11 nuclear reactors were not functioning up to the mark and three others remained completely shut down for long-term maintenance till November …
Officials from the United States, France and Russia called on Monday for stronger measures against Tehran after Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency that it would begin enriching its stockpile of uranium for a medical reactor in Tehran as early as Tuesday. In Paris, visiting US Defence Secretary …
Mining and processing of uranium ore was started in several parts of eastern Singhbhum, viz. Jaduguda, Bhatin and Narwapahar (Jharkhand) in 1968. Radioactivity in the mine tailings has to be consolidated so that it does not emanate in the atmosphere or enter the food chain. Hence, the area has been …
Asserting that Canada has vast reserves of uranium with two third of oil reserves, Barnala-born Canadian MP Devinder Shory has claimed that Canadian Prime Minister has inked supply of adequate quantity of uranium for its use in promoting technology in India for civil purpose.
SHILLONG: The United Democratic Party (UDP), a major coalition partner in the Congress-led MUA Government has once again got embroiled in a controversy over the Kynshi State I and II projects. Earlier the UDP which is part of the MUA government was dragged into the pre-project development package linked to …
SHILLONG, Dec 17: The Hynniewtrep Achik National Movement (HANM) met the Deputy Chief Minister Mukul Sangma yesterday to put forward its suggestions to the Government on the State draft mining policy 2009. Addressing a press conference today, president L Kharbani said,
Yellow Cake From Canada Soon; India To Sign N-Deal With UK Too Nirmala Ganapathy NEW DELHI AFTER signing a landmark nuclear agreement with Russia, India is on its way to signing nuclear deals with Britain and Canada. Sources said negotiations with Britain over a nuclear pact are now complete after …
Adopting a fresh approach, an international panel expert report has indicated Australia could give India access to its uranium provided "equivalent disciplines" were applied to help meet disarmament obligations. According to latest media reports here today, Australia could drop its ban on selling uranium to India after a report commissioned …
Notwithstanding stiff opposition, the Centre today claimed that there are no problems with open cast mining in the North Eastern Region. In a Rajya Sabha reply to a question by Kumar Deepak Das, Minister Mines, Bijoy Krishna Handique said that all the mines in the Region barring Sikkim are open …
Surajeet Das Gupta / New Delhi December 14, 2009, 0:06 IST Varun Energy Corporation, a group company of steel exporter Varun Industries Limited, has acquired uranium mines in Madagascar, an island nation in the Indian Ocean. Varun Energy is one of the first private Indian companies to acquire rights directly …
House witnesses intense debate SHILLONG Dec 7: The Meghalaya Assembly today dwelt on the proposed uranium mining in the State with Chief Minister DD Lapang reiterating that the Government was yet to give consent to uranium mining. Replying to a motion moved by Independent legislator Manas Chaudhuri after a three-hour …
The Uranium Corporation of India plans to expand its mining and ore processing operations in Jaduguda, Jharkhand, which will require an additional 6.37 hectares of forest land. The public hearing on the environmental clearance in May was a farcical exercise with company employees and their families crowding out the affected …
