Ludhiana: Presence of high levels of uranium in drinking water at Faridkot has raised an alarm amongst the residents with the NGO Baba Farid Center for Special Children which brought this issue to light some two years back demanding that the drinking water in this once princely state should be declared unfit for human consumption.
The public hearing for the expansion of Bhatin mines of Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) was held on May 26, 2011. The public hearing was a clear violation the EIA notification and did not allow stakeholders to participate in the process.
Microbes may be harnessed more easily to generate energy after a finding about how they naturally let off tiny electrical charges, scientists said on Monday.
The bacteria, found to have microscopic "wires" sticking through their cell walls, might also be used to clean up oil spills or uranium pollution, according to the report in the U.S.
The proposed uranium mining and processing plant at Gogi in Shahapur Taluk of Yadgir District, 75 km from here, is expected to extract 150 tonnes of uranium a year in the form of sodium diuranate (SDU) salt for about 15 years, giving impetus for atomic energy generation in the country.
The Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) is all set to exploit the techno-commercially viable deposits
Even as Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) generated a record 40.8 per cent more electricity in 2010-11, the State-owned body said that the government is looking at creating a joint venture which will consider holding stakes in uranium mines in foreign countries in a bid to get assured and long-term fuel supplies for India.
