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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Uranium Resources In Country
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ATOMIC ENERGY
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1710
ANSWERED ON-29.03.2012
(a) the details of uranium resources available across the country, State-wise;
(b) whether it is a fact that there is acute shortage of uranium in country; and
(c) the steps/measures taken by Government to increase the production of uranium?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY) :
(a) The Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), a constituent unit of Department of Atomic Energy, has established 1,75,010 tonnes insitu uranium (U3O8) resources as on January, 2012. The State-wise details of the same is as given in the annexure:
(b) No, Sir.
(c) The Uranium Corporation of India Ltd. (UCIL), a Public Sector Undertaking under the Department of Atomic Energy, is engaged in commercial scale operation of Uranium mines and process plants in the country. UCIL has undertaken an expansion plan under which three (3) numbers of mines and one new process plant have been constructed in last seven (7) years. UCIL is further constructing a large mine and process plant at Tumallapalle in Andhra Pradesh which is nearing completion. It has plans to expand capacity of some of these mines and process plants.
(a) the details of uranium resources available across the country, State-wise;
(b) whether it is a fact that there is acute shortage of uranium in country; and
(c) the steps/measures taken by Government to increase the production of uranium?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY) :
(a) The Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), a constituent unit of Department of Atomic Energy, has established 1,75,010 tonnes insitu uranium (U3O8) resources as on January, 2012. The State-wise details of the same is as given in the annexure:
(b) No, Sir.
(c) The Uranium Corporation of India Ltd. (UCIL), a Public Sector Undertaking under the Department of Atomic Energy, is engaged in commercial scale operation of Uranium mines and process plants in the country. UCIL has undertaken an expansion plan under which three (3) numbers of mines and one new process plant have been constructed in last seven (7) years. UCIL is further constructing a large mine and process plant at Tumallapalle in Andhra Pradesh which is nearing completion. It has plans to expand capacity of some of these mines and process plants.
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