Mains Paper II · 3 Science & Technology · 3.8 Nuclear technology

3.8.4 Atomic minerals and nuclear power stations of India

India mines uranium mainly in Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh, holds thorium in monazite beach sands, and runs nuclear power stations from Tarapur (1969) to Kudankulam, with Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh and Jaitapur proposed for imported reactors.

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Key terms

  • uranium
  • thorium
  • monazite
  • Jaduguda
  • Tummalapalle
  • Kudankulam
  • Tarapur
  • Rawatbhata
  • Kakrapar
  • Kaiga
  • Narora
  • Kalpakkam
  • Kovvada
  • Jaitapur

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