Uranium

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Sources say the IAEA took samples from the site in the Turquzabad district of Tehran in the spring and that Iran has been slow in providing answers to explain the test results.(Representational Image)

'Uranium particles' detected at undeclared site in Iran: UN's nuclear watchdog

Report from the watchdog says it detected natural uranium particles of anthropogenic origin at a location in Iran not declared to agency.

12 Nov 2019 9:04 AM

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said it is 'not good' Iran has breached its stockpile limit of low-enriched uranium. (Photo: File)

‘Not good,’ says Trump on Iran breaching uranium stockpile limit

Iran has maintained that it never violated the terms of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal.

03 Jul 2019 1:05 PM

Human activities, especially the over-exploitation of groundwater for agricultural irrigation, may contribute to the problem. (Photo: ANI)

Severe uranium contamination in India's groundwater, says study

Compiled data on groundwater uranium from 16 Indian states show high concentrations above WHO provisional guideline.

09 Jun 2018 10:39 AM

Iran tells UN it will hike uranium enrichment capacity

Iran has notified the International Atomic Energy Agency that it has launched a plan to increase its uranium enrichment capacity.

05 Jun 2018 4:24 PM

Collect some uranium glass for that peaceful glow

Members appreciate its soft color and distinctive glow.

20 Feb 2018 4:27 PM

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (Photo: AFP/File)

Australian PM to visit India, talks on key areas likely

It will instead see firming up of bilateral cooperation in security, trade and energy.

07 Apr 2017 3:38 AM

Researchers from Stanford University in the US improved on all three variables: capacity, rate and reuse. Their key advance was to create a conductive hybrid fiber incorporating carbon and amidoxime. By sending pulses of electricity down the fiber, they altered the properties of the hybrid fibre so that more uranyl ions could be collected. (Representational image)

Nuclear power could soon be harnessed from oceans

How practical this approach is depends on three main variables - how much uranyl sticks to the fibres.

21 Feb 2017 8:36 PM

The duo is scrap dealers who sourced the depleted uranium from the remains of an aircraft. (Representational image)

Thane: Nine kilos of depleted uranium seized

The police said that the two individuals were detained when they were looking for customers to sell the depleted uranium.

12 Jan 2017 4:27 AM

Prajapati divided the DU into three parts, and kept the major part with him. (Representational image)

Cops seize 16 gm depleted uranium from shoemaker

Police probe revealed that DU was given to the shoemaker for sale by scrap-dealer Kishore Prajapati.

10 Jan 2017 1:10 AM

The Thane crime branch team with the seized metal.

Seized Uranium worth Rs 24 crore came from scrapped aircraft

The police nabbed the duo when they were attempting to sell the depleted Uranium to a potential buyer.

24 Dec 2016 3:35 AM

The BARC will list places where the metal is found.

Uranium seizure: BARC report sought by police

The officials have asked the BARC to list the places where such depleted uranium is found and what are its possible uses.

23 Dec 2016 4:00 AM

Thane: 9 kg depleted uranium seized, 2 detained

The metal is banned for sale in the open market due to its radioactive nature and its utility in atomic plants.

22 Dec 2016 10:30 AM

The Thane crime branch team with the seized metal. (Photo: Deepak Kurkunde)

Uranium worth Rs 24 crore seized in Thane

Two detained for trying to sell it in open market; it had been imported to be sold in India.

22 Dec 2016 3:51 AM

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