Uranium
- India
Uranium found beyond permissable limits in 409 groundwater samples: Govt
New Delhi: The occurrence of uranium in groundwater beyond the permissible limits was observed in around 409 samples against 14,377 samples analysed in 18 states, the Jal Shakti Ministry said. Responding to…
- Middle East
Iran extracts 20-pct enriched uranium from Fordow site
Tehran: The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced Sunday that it started the extraction of 20-percent enriched uranium from the Fordow enrichment facility in central Iran, state TV…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia to develop nuclear power programme
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia aims to take advantage of its uranium resources to develop its nuclear power program, Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud revealed. During the International Mining Conference in…
- Middle East
Iran says stockpile of 60% enriched uranium reached 25 kg
Tehran: The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said Iran’s reserves of 60 per cent enriched uranium have reached 25 kg, Tasnim News Agency has reported. “Iran is among the few countries…
- India
7 held, 6 kg uranium seized in Jharkhand’s Bokaro
Bokaro: As many as seven people have been arrested in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district and six kg of uranium has allegedly been seized from them, informed the police. A case has been registered…
- Middle East
Iran to meet with UN technical experts over uranium find
Berlin: Iran has agreed to sit down with international technical experts investigating the discovery of uranium particles at three former undeclared sites in the country, the head of the UN atomic watchdog said…
- Middle East
Rouhani hopes Biden will return to Obama-era Iran nuclear deal, calls Trump ‘tyrant’
Tehran: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has called on United States President-elect Joe Biden to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift sanctions imposed on Tehran by outgoing President Donald Trump’s administration.…
- Middle East
UN watchdog confirms another Iranian breach of nuclear deal
Berlin: The United Nations’ atomic watchdog agency confirmed Thursday that Iran has informed it that the country has begun installing equipment for the production of uranium metal, which would be another violation of…
- Middle East
Iran developed new centrifuges to boost its enriched uranium
TEHRAN: Iran announced Monday a more than tenfold increase in enriched uranium production following a series of steps back from commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by the United States. The…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia flags plan to enrich uranium
Abu Dhabi: Saudi Arabia energy minister said on Monday that his country wants to enrich uranium for its nuclear power program. Though the Kingdom says it wants to use nuclear power to…
- Hyderabad
VHR urges party leaders to fight against Uranium Project
Hyderabad: Senior congress leader V. Hanumantha Rao on Monday urged the party leaders to launch a fight against the decision of uranium extraction at nallamalla forest by the central and state Governments.…
- Breaking News
Uranium mining will affect wildlife in Amrabad
Hyderabad: The Centre has reiterated that it would go ahead with the proposed uranium mining in Telangana’s Amrabad Tiger Reserve in the face of stiff opposition from various quarters. The Centre’s determination…
