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 …
A defiant President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Iran will itself enrich uranium up to 20 per cent purity in a blow to Western efforts to stop Tehran
As the world prepares for the largest investment in nuclear power in decades, owners of uranium mines last week raised the prospect of fuel shortages. To make things worse, the reliability of estimates of the amount of uranium that can be economically mined has also been questioned.
SHILLONG: Union Minister of Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday informed the Lok Sabha that majority of people in Meghalaya supported the proposed uranium mining project in the State. "The positive outcome has emerged following the joint efforts of the Department of Atomic Energy …
The plan to mine uranium in Meghalaya to address the needs of the nuclear industry in India has run into opposition and protests in the state. A complicated story featuring the opposition led by the Khasi Students Union emerges as one delves into the issue. Placing an active source of …
Rich uranium deposits, a major element in nuclear power generation and its related activities, has been found in the Bhima river belt of Karnataka, ranging from Sedam in Gulbarga district to Muddebihal in Bijapur district. This is as per the intensive survey conducted by the Department of Atomic Energy. According …
Despite the Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA) coalition government forming the Joint Committee on Uranium Mining (JCOUM) to look into various issues including the health and environment aspects of mining, the Congress continues to bat for mining. AICC secretary in-charge of Meghalaya Ved Prakash said that people must understand the …
Uranium issue SHILLONG: AICC secretary in charge Meghalaya Retd Major Ved Prakash has said that even without mining of uranium, the people residing in the mining areas of West Khasi Hills are still exposed to radio-active rays which might have an adverse impact on their health. "The radio-active rays of …
Mumbai: Cirus, the 40 mw research reactor at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc), will be shut down by December 2010 and decommissioned as per the separation plan under the Indo-US civil nuclear deal. Established 49 years ago, Cirus was refurbished in 2005 for research work and production of medical …
There are 4.5 billion tonnes of uranium in sea water, a thousand times more than what is known to exist in uranium mines The way ahead: BARC and the Commissariat a
SHILLONG, Nov 9: Division in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is increasingly getting apparent over the uranium mining issue in the State as three of its members have openly showed their support to the project even though the party stated that it would favour establishing a consensus on the issue. …
The chips have gone higher in the controversial uranium mining project in Meghalaya with the State Government announcing that a whopping Rs 2,098 crore would be pumped in to develop roads in the impoverished district. The government announced after a meeting with the Coordination Committee of Social Organisations (CCSO) and …
SHILLONG: "Conservation of forest is more important than mining of uranium," said noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna here on Tuesday. "For one diamond in the forest, one cannot destroy the whole forest to obtain it," he said metaphorically. The environmentalist known for his 'Chipko' movement in Uttarakhand was in the city …
SHILLONG: KHNAM president Paul Lyngdoh who is a member of the MUA Cabinet has changed his stand on the pre-development projects on uranium mining a day before Chief Minister DD Lapang holds talks with the student organisation on the issue. This creates an awkward political situation for the ruling alliance. …
SHILLONG, Nov 3: Opinions by individual members from among the ruling Khasi Hills United Democratic Alliance (KHUDA) in the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) should not be taken as the official opinion of the council, categorically stated the Chief executive member (CEM), Mansturdy Nongrem. KHUDA presides over the Congress-led …
SHILLONG, Nov 3: Renowned Green activist Sunderlal Bahuguna today said that preserving environment for sustainable development is far more important than mining of uranium ore. Bahuguna who is on a campaign to the North-eastern region for
Uranium mining issue Shillong: In a bid to end the stand-off over the uranium mining issue the Meghalaya government will hold talks with the Khasi Students' Union (KSU) and Coordination Committee for Social Organisation (CCSO) on November 4. Chief Minister DD Lapang has agreed to hold 'positive talks' with the …
SHILLONG: Union Minister of State for Water Resources Vincent H Pala is in disagreement with the claims of the Congress led MUA Government that the UCIL would also develop the whole of West Khasi Hills district. Talking to the Shillong Times, the Minister who also belongs to the Congress said …
contract labourers working at the Banduhurang mines in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand went on strike last month demanding health facilities and minimum wages. The protesting workers said the mine operator, Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (ucil), had turned down their demand to give information about radiation levels in the …
