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The Health and Environmental Impact of Uranium Mining (Research Paper)

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Xochitl Longstaff February 11, 2017 Submitted as coursework for PH241, Stanford University, Winter 2017 Introduction Nuclear is an efficient and powerful energy source with life cycle carbon emissions that are as low as some renewable sources. While not as popular as liquid and coal, nuclear power plants still generate a significant portion of the world’s energy. In 2014, for example, …

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Uranium Mines – Tummalapalle

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Tummalapalle is part of a large tabular, strata bound and flatly dipping uranium reserve occurring in carbonate host rock in YSR district of Andhra Pradesh. The lodes as well as the parting in between are narrow. A highly mechanised underground mine has been opened up using state of the art technology through three numbers of 9-degree Declines. The central Decline …

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Tummalapalli Uranium processing plant commissioned

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Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman Srikumar Banerjee said that the most valuable uranium ore in the country was in M. Tummalapalle inYSR (Kadapa) district. He formally launched an uranium ore mine and processing plant at M. Tummalapalle in Vemula mandal of  YSR(Kadapa) district on Friday.

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Pulivendula – Haunt of Tigers

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Pulivendula (Telugu: పులివెందుల or పులివెందల), the headquarters of the taluk, is situated on the road from Kadiri to Muddanur, being twenty-seven miles north of Kadiri and twenty-three miles south of Muddanur railway station. It is a fast developing town in the district with a population of more than 1,00,000. It is also famous for its local fund dispensary (Santa). Story …

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