Uranium distribution in India
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Environment
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11th Dec, 2020
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Meghalaya constitutes expert agency to probe uranium waste tank leakage.
Context
- Meghalaya constitutes expert agency to probe uranium waste tank leakage.
What are the properties of Uranium?
- Uranium is a silvery-gray metallic radioactive chemical element.
- It is only naturally formed in supernova explosions.
- Uranium has the chemical symbol U and atomic number 92.
- Uranium isotopes in natural uranium are 238U (99.27%)and 235U (0.72%).
- Traces of Uranium are found everywhere. Commercial extraction is possible only in locations where the proportion of Uranium is adequate.
How it is distributed in India?
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Who are the major producers of the world?
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