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(a) Whether the Government proposes to set up New Uranium processing plants particularly in Orissa and Jharkhand;
(b) If so, the details thereof, state-wise, location-wise; and
(c) The time by which these plants are likely to be set up and
commissioned?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (SHRI PRITHVIRAJ CHAVAN)
(a) Yes, Sir.
(b) New Uranium Processing Plants are proposed to be set up in the
following locations :
(i) Banduhurang in Singhbhum (East) district of Jharkhand.
(ii) Seripally in Nalgonda District of Andhra Pradesh.
(iii) Tummalapalle in Cuddapah district of Andhra Pradesh.
(iv) Mawthabah in the West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya.
(v) At Chatrapur in Ganjam district of Orissa, a monazite processing
plant to recover both Uranium and Thorium values.
(c) The processing plant at Banduhurang is expected to be commissioned
by the end of this year. In respect of the other plants, various pre-project
activities are going on. The execution of the projects will be taken up only
after all statutory clearances are obtained and an investment decision is
taken by Government.