New Delhi: The domestic availability of mined uranium is currently inadequate to meet the requirements of the existing nuclear power plants and production of the element in the country would be augmented, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
In a written reply, Minister of State for PMO Jitendra Singh said, “Domestic availability of mined uranium is currently inadequate to meet the entire requirement of running of the existing NPPs at full generating capacity.”
He said in the coming years, augmentation of uranium production in the country will be carried out by maximising production from the existing facilities through Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL), a PSU under the control of Department of Atomic Energy.
“Setting up new production facilities in different parts of the country (Tummalapalle and Kanampalle in Andhra Pradesh, Gogi in Karnataka, Kylleng Pyndensohing in Meghalaya, Lambapur-Peddagattu in Telangana and Rohil in Rajasthan),” he said adding that most of these units are expected to commence production in the next 20 years. (PTI)