India Carrying out Uranium Exploration in Arunachal Pradesh

The Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD) for Exploration and Research has taken up Uranium exploration in Arunachal Pradesh along India- China border.

  • The exploration was taken up in Aalo of West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, about 619 metres from ground level.

Uranium

  • Uranium (U) is a radioactive chemical element of the actinoid series of the periodic table having atomic number 92.
  • It was discovered in 1789 by Martin Klaproth, a German chemist, in the mineral called pitchblende (U3O8) and was named after the planet Uranus.
  • Uranium occurs in several slightly differing forms known as 'isotopes'. Natural uranium as found in the ....
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