NewsX uncovers how miners are illegally exporting thorium
Channel: Kathy Reed
Date: 2014-04-12

Rampant illegal sand mining on the Tamil Nadu coasts have put national security at risk. But, the central government is silent and is allowing miners to export vital nuclear materials. Our correspondent B Srikumar brings you this report from the southern coast of tamil nadu.
The illegal mining of nuclear fuel resource thorium on the Tamil Nadu coast now adding to the monster of illegal sand mining.

India has rich deposits of Thorium, the radio active element, which is being used for the nuclear reactors.

The unchecked illegal extraction of this rare resource also putting the national security at risk 

In Tamil Nadu, Thorium, nuclear fissile material is being extracted from the monozite, a radioactive element.

In 2006, the department of atomic energy issued a notification that barring monozite other elements can be taken by miners.

But this would come into effect only after amendments are made to the Mines and Minerals