Tummalapalle uranium mine - wikipedia Tummalapalle uranium mine Tummalapalle Uranium Mine Location Tummalapalle Uranium Mine Location in Andhra Pradesh, India Tummalapalle Uranium Mine Location in Andhra Pradesh, India Show map of Andhra Pradesh Show map of India Show all Location Tumalapalli, YSR Kadapa district State Andhra Pradesh Country India Coordinates 14 ° 19 ′ N 78 ° 16 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 14.32 ° N 78.26 ° E ﻿ / 14.32 ; 78.26 Coordinates : 14 ° 19 ′ N 78 ° 16 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 14.32 ° N 78.26 ° E ﻿ / 14.32 ; 78.26 Production Products Uranium Owner Company Uranium Corporation of India Website www.ucil.gov.in The Tummalapalle Mine is a uranium mine in Tumalapalli village located in Kadapa of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Results from research conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission of India in 2011 made the analysts conclude that this mine might have one of the largest reserves of uranium in the world. On 19 July 2011, Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy, Dr. S. Banerjee who is also the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India confirmed on reserves of 49,000 tonnes and suggested that there could be even three times larger which would make Tummalapalle the mine with the world 's largest uranium deposits. This finding substantially increased India 's capability of producing energy from nuclear plants. As of 2011, India was producing about 3 % of its energy from nuclear plants. These findings suggest that this output can be increased to more than 30 % by 2050. This domestic uranium find would not only boost India 's nuclear energy plans but also help to reduce costs by switching from expensive sources of power like coal. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Water resources 4 Uranium purification plant 5 Minerals 6 See also 7 References 8 External links History On 23 Aug 2007 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs ( CCEA ) of Government of India cleared the setting up of a uranium mine and processing plant by the Uranium Corporation of India with an estimated cost of ₹ 11.06 billion ( US $170 million ). After that the Uranium Corporation of India acquired 1,122 acres ( 454 ha ) of government land at ₹ 50,000 ( US $780 ) per 1 acre ( 0.40 ha ) and 1,118 acres ( 452 ha ) of private land at a price of ₹ 180,000 ( US $2,800 ) for 1 acre ( 0.40 ha ) of wetland and ₹ 120,000 ( US $1,900 ) for dry land in Tummalapalle, Rachakundapalle, KK Kottaland, and Mabbuchintalapalle villages in Pulivendula constituency. On 20 November 2007 the then Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy laid the foundation stone for the mine. UCIL commissions Cuddapah Uranium Phase - 1 Project with 3000 tonnes on 20 April 2012. Geography Aerial view of the Tummalapalle Uranium Mine Tummalapalle uranium ore mine is located in Vemula Mandal of Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh at a distance of 70 kilometres ( 43 mi ) from Kadapa, the district 's headquarters. The area where the deposits were found is covered in Survey of India 's topographic sheet Nos. 57 J / 3 and 57 J / 7 between latitudes 14 ° 18'36 '' N & 14 ° 20'20 '' N and longitudes 78 ° 15'16 '' E & 78 ° 18 ' 03.3 '' E. The nearest town is Pulivendla, which is 15 kilometres ( 9.3 mi ) away ( by road ) towards the north - west. The mine is linked to Pulivendla through village roads leading to State Highway No. 18, which connects Kadapa with Velidandla. The nearest railway station is Muddanurru on South Central Railway 's Hyderabad -- Chennai BG Line, which is 50 kilometres ( 31 mi ) towards the north - east. The nearest airport is Bangalore International Airport. Water resources The mine will draw most of its water requirements from the river Chitravati. Design, construction and commissioning work of intake well and pump house at Chitravati River basin, the water and effluent treatment plants and the condensate recovery unit at uranium ore processing plant and laying of cross-country pipeline from the river Chitravati to the uranium ore processing plant -- all these tasks were contracted by Jamshedpur Utilities & Services Company ( Jusco ), a 100 % subsidiary company of Tata Steel, on EPC basis. The water system project, the construction of which commenced in August 2008, was inaugurated by Srikumar Banerjee on 7 July 2011. Uranium purification plant The construction works for the first phase of the uranium purification plant are in their final stages and the plant was expected to begin production by the end of 2011. Phase one of the uranium purification plant has a capacity to treat 3,000 tonnes of ore per day. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre ( BARC ) has developed an innovative, economically viable process for the recovery of low - grade uranium ( less than 0.2 % ) from the Tummalapalle ore mine. As illustrated by Dr. A.K. Suri, Director of Materials Group, BARC, `` the main objective of making a techno - economically viable process flow - sheet is to reduce the number of stages of unit operations and conservations leachants ( sic ) by regeneration and recycle ( sic ) leading to minimisation of fresh water inventory as well as quantum ( sic ) of liquid effluent discharge for the most challenging low - grade uranium ore ''. The hydro - metallurgical uranium purification plant which would be constructed in the mine 's current lease period, will treat the dolomite based uraniferous which is found in the deposits. On the mode of operation, the Uranium Corporation of India report stated that `` in the initial period of operation of mine, ore will be received from decline having particle size of 80 % passing through 10 cm screen and will be transported by covered dumpers from the mine site to the ore processing plant and later by covered conveyor ''. This mine would be the first in the country to adopt alkali based leaching in place of the conventional acid based leaching method. This process was chosen on the basis of the nature of the ore found in the site. BARC has developed a well - integrated flowsheet for the process to treat the low - grade uranium ore extracted from the alkaline host rocks in Tummalapalle. Minerals The Bonds Work Index of the Tummalapalle uranium ore sample is 13.6 kWh / tonne and the mineralogical composition is as follows, Mineral % Weight Carbonates 83.2 Quartz + feldspar 11.3 Apatite 4.3 Pyrite 0.47 Chalcopyrite 0.05 Galena Traces Magnetite 0.15 Ilmenite + leucoxene 0.25 Iron hydroxide ( goethite ) 0.27 Pitchblende in association with pyrite 0.1 Total 100.0 See also Nuclear power in India Energy policy of India List of uranium mines Uranium market Uranium mining debate Uranium reserves Peak uranium Uranium mining controversy in Kakadu National Park Uranium metallurgy List of countries by uranium reserves India portal Geology portal Mining portal Nuclear technology portal Energy portal References Jump up ^ `` India : ' Massive ' uranium find in Andhra Pradesh ''. New Delhi : BBC World News. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011. Jump up ^ Ghosh, Abantika ( 19 July 2011 ). `` Nuclear - boost : Uranium mine in Andhra could be among largest in world ''. The Times of India. Rawatbhata. Retrieved 19 July 2011. Jump up ^ P, Sunderarajan. ( 19 July 2011 ). `` Tummalapalle in Telngana could have one of world 's largest uranium reserves ''. The Hindu. Retrieved 3 August 2011. Jump up ^ Dutta, Ratnajyoti ; Krittivas Mukherjee ( 19 July 2011 ). `` Uranium find in India could be world 's largest - report ''. New Delhi : reuters. Retrieved 19 July 2011. Jump up ^ Bedi, Rahul ( 19 July 2011 ). `` Largest uranium reserves found in India ''. The Daily Telegraph. New Delhi. Retrieved 3 August 2011. Jump up ^ Special Correspondent ( 25 August 2007 ). `` CCEA clears proposal for uranium plant ''. The Hindu. New Delhi. Retrieved 3 August 2011. Jump up ^ Special Correspondent ( 20 November 2007 ). `` ' No radiation effect around Tummalapalle ''. The Hindu. Hyderabad. Retrieved 3 August 2011. Jump up ^ http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2924/stories/20121214292409000.htm ^ Jump up to : `` Uranium project at Tummalapalle -- executive summary '' ( PDF ). Uranium Corporation of India. Retrieved 3 August 2011. Jump up ^ State Bureau ( 12 August 2008 ). `` Jusco enters south through Ucil project in Andhra ''. The Financial Express. Retrieved 3 August 2011. Jump up ^ `` Jusco inaugurates water system project of Uranium Corporation of India at Tummalapalle, Andhra Pradesh ''. Orissa Diary. Hyderabad. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011. ^ Jump up to : `` New method to recover low - grade uranium from Tummalapalle ore ''. Deccan Herald. Mumbai. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011. Jump up ^ `` First reactor at Koodankulam to go critical by year - end : AEC Chairman ''. Chennai : The Hindu. 1 August 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2011. Jump up ^ Suri, A.K ( November -- December 2010 ). `` Innovative process flowsheet for the recovery of Uranium from Tummalapalle Ore '' ( PDF ) ( 317 ). BARC. Retrieved 3 August 2011. External links Uranium Corporation of India -- Official Website Process development studies for lowgrade Uranium deposits in alkaline host rocks of Tummalapalle Research paper of BARC at IAEA TM on Low Grade Uranium Deposits Vienna, 29 March 31, 2010 fuel of future Nuclear power in India Uranium resources Jaduguda uranium mine Tummalapalle uranium mine Operational plants Kaiga Kakrapar Koodankulam Madras ( Kalpakkam ) Narora Rajasthan ( Kota ) Tarapur Research and testing Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research Nuclear Fuel Complex Bhabha Atomic Research Centre ( BARC ) CIRUS reactor Dhruva reactor Heavy Water Board Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research ( IGCAR ) Institute for Plasma Research ( IPR ) Pokhran Pokhran - II Smiling Buddha Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre ( VECC ) Organisations Atomic Energy Commission of India Atomic Energy Regulatory Board ( AERB ) Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd. ( BHAVINI ) Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology ( BRIT ) Department of Atomic Energy Homi Bhabha National Institute Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. ( NPCIL ) Indian Rare Earths Limited Uranium Corporation of India People 's Movement Against Nuclear Energy Other topics Energy policy of India India 's three stage nuclear power programme Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project U.S. - India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative Electricity sector Solar power Wind power Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tummalapalle_uranium_mine&oldid=790363837 '' Categories : Uranium mines in India Mining in Andhra Pradesh Geography of Kadapa district Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from March 2012 EngvarB from September 2013 Use dmy dates from September 2013 Coordinates on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia മലയാളം मराठी Edit links This page was last edited on 13 July 2017, at 07 : 59. About Wikipedia

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