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India: 'Massive' uranium find in Andhra Pradesh

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Faun
Faun Original post #1
Jul 19, 2011 at 12:42 PM
BBC News - India: 'Massive' uranium find in Andhra Pradesh

Good news :smile:
Liverpool_fan
Jul 19, 2011 at 3:25 PM
Yeah. Great news. Still I think we should work for Thorium which we have so much in abundance.
skeletor
Jul 19, 2011 at 3:28 PM
Excellent news. I must say.
A
Jul 19, 2011 at 4:30 PM
Awesome news, now I think these will decrease the dependence on NSG.
asingh
asingh #5
Jul 19, 2011 at 4:49 PM
Plus the are hoping the yield might be much larger. Would make it a mother lode. :) Hope our government utilizes this resource to full potential and not loose it in bureaucratic red-tape and corporate exploitations.
thetechfreak
Jul 19, 2011 at 6:05 PM
Great news :D

Yes but wont Thorium be better? Edward Henning wrote a great column in Digit June 2011 on what and how Thorium works :D
bhushan2k
Jul 19, 2011 at 8:33 PM
now other countries will keep an eye on India..:D
Nipun
Nipun #8
Jul 19, 2011 at 8:45 PM
Nice... really nice news.... :)

Lets hope no scams here... :))
Alok
Alok #9
Jul 20, 2011 at 4:38 AM
Indian land rocks.
Hope for best utilization.:pray:
Extreme Gamer
Jul 20, 2011 at 5:43 PM
I think Thorium is the better fuel- Breeder Reactors produce much less waste.
skeletor
skeletor #11
Jul 20, 2011 at 5:44 PM
^ but are still expensive and not mature.
xtremevicky
Jul 20, 2011 at 5:46 PM
Lets hope this is good news instead of bad news !
Extreme Gamer
Jul 20, 2011 at 5:53 PM
@ico: Yes, but further research is the way to go.

We should also work on nuclear fusion reactors and find a viable alternative to fission.

Hydrogen fuel is also a good option.
eagle_y2j
eagle_y2j #15
Jul 20, 2011 at 9:41 PM
after seeing Japan in recent past i really feel unsafe with radioactivity ;)
Extreme Gamer
Jul 20, 2011 at 9:48 PM
it all depends on reactor design...
Tech.Masti
Jul 20, 2011 at 11:47 PM
The quantity is sufficient for supporting a nuclear power plant of 8,000 MW capacity for 40 years.

read here

Nuclear-boost: Uranium mine in Andhra could be among largest in world - Times Of India
G
Aug 15, 2011 at 11:01 AM
big joke...the place was known 20 yrs ago..it was closed as it was not economical...now there is no uranium they opened it again and media misinterpreted..also its very low grade mine..3000 times less than canada