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TopicUranium

Topic: uranium

Chicago firm’s thorium nuclear fuel leap & export nod could ‘give new life to US-India 123 Agreement’

Clean Core Thorium Energy was granted an export licence last week to commercialise the fuel based in thorium, of which India has vast reserves. Firm is now looking for regulatory approvals.

Why a US firm’s thorium fuel breakthrough is significant for India

India's target is to generate 100 GW of nuclear energy capacity by 2047, and US-based Clean Core Thorium Energy seems to have found a way to reach the goal.

What happens when nuclear site is struck & can Israel-Iran conflict lead to next Chernobyl or Fukushima

Amid Israel-Iran conflict, concerns over a possible nuclear disaster at Iran's four nuclear facilities, including Fordow.

Israel targets Iran’s Uranium cache under the mountain. How enrichment leads to nuclear weapons

New Delhi: Israel has its sights on Iran’s nuclear enrichment plant. But buried under a mountain in the ancient city of Qom, the closely-guarded...

US to send controversial armor-piercing munitions containing depleted-uranium to Ukraine

The rounds, which could help destroy Russian tanks, are part of a new military aid package for Ukraine set to be unveiled in the next week.

UN inspectors find near bomb-grade uranium enriched to 84% in Iran

Iran has been enriching uranium to up to 60% purity since April 2021. Three months ago, it started enriching to 60% at a second site, Fordow, which is dug into a mountain.

The Chinese are digging, but it’s no Jurassic Park. The Pacific hides other treasures

Failure to sign a deal with the Pacific is a setback for China’s deep-sea ambitions, but that won’t stop them from finding new opportunities.

Iran keeps up uranium production, stockpile swells in Covid lockdown

According to an IAEA report, the country’s store of low-enriched uranium saw a 50% jump over the amount stockpiled three months ago.

How uranium has surged 31% to become the world’s top commodity amid shutdown

Uranium’s gains have been spurred by mine shutdowns that have wiped out a third of annual global output when demand from power plants has remained stable.

How European powers are trying to save the dying Iran nuclear deal

A meeting between France, Germany and the UK concluded that Iran’s uranium cap breach was not significant enough to initiate the non-compliance clause.

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.