Uranium content in groundwater varies markedly depending upon geological terrain, climate, proximity of uranium deposits, as well as composition of the water. In India, the average reported range of uranium in groundwater is from 0.01 to 19.6 micrograms/litre (ug/L).
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) have decided to jointly study the presence of high levels of uranium in ground water in the state, reported the cause of abnormally high incidence of cancer. The study would begin within three months.
SHILLONG: The ten-member committee on Welfare of ST, SC and OBC of Meghalaya headed by HDR Lyngdoh, which went on a fact finding mission visiting nuclear processing units and to Jagduguda uranium mines in Jharkhand, has favoured uranium mining in the State.
Shillong, March 19: A Meghalaya Assembly panel today recommended that the government take up a uranium mining project in West Khasi Hills district without further delay but subject to some conditions.
SHILLONG: The first meeting of the Joint Committee on Uranium in Meghalaya (JCUM) that was boycotted by KSU and CCSO decided to inspect the proposed mining areas at Mawthabah within two months to elicit views of the local people on the controversial issue.
In its efforts to end the ongoing impasse over the controversial Uranium mining issue in Meghalaya, the State Government on Tuesday said it was open to an independent panel of experts to examine the entire gamut of the problem, particularly the hazards of radiation.
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?
