<h1 class="ql-align-center">Uranium Mining In India</h1> <h2>Context:</h2> <ul><li>Significant quantities of reserves were recently discovered in parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana between Seshachalam forest and Sresailam (Southern edge of Andhra to Southern edge of Telangana)</li></ul> <h2>Uranium:</h2> <ul><li>In India, Uranium deposits occur in the Dharwar rocks.</li></ul> <ul><li>It occurs along the Singbhum Copper belt (Jharkhand), Udaipur, Alwar, Jhunjhunu districts of Rajasthan, Durg district of Chhattisgarh, Bhandara district of Maharashtra, and Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.</li></ul> <ul><li>Uranium contains a rare radioactive isotope, called U- 235, that can be used to power nuclear reactors at low enrichment levels and to fuel nuclear bombs at much higher levels.</li></ul> <ul><li>The goal of uranium enrichment is to raise the percentage levels of U-235, which is often done through the use of centrifuges machines that spin a form of unrefined uranium at high speeds</li></ul> <img src="https://sunyaias-resources.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/content/6281297d-4b0e-11ec-8349-9d2af53a8eac.png">