Bokaro: A special police team arrested seven persons and recovered 6kg of uranium from them following raids at different parts of the city on Thursday. Bokaro SP Chandan Kumar Jha said, “We have seized the yellow substance and will send it to experts for tests. Uranium is a highly radioactive substance used at nuclear facilities.”
Police said the accused, suspected to be part of national gang involved in illegal uranium trade, were searching for customers and had fixed its price at Rs 50 lakhs per kg. Notably, a kilo of uranium sells for around Rs 18 crores in the global market, sources said. This is for the first time uranium has been seized in this industrial town.
Radiation level in uranium-rich areas of Meghalaya within safety limit
Shillong, Jan 28 (UNI) An expert committee of North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) has found that radioactive radiation in Uranium-rich deposits in and around Nongbah Jynrin, Wahkaji, South West Khasi Hills District is “well within the safety levels.”
The six-member expert committee headed by Prof B Myrboh, Department of Chemistry, NEHU was requested by the state government to investigate and submit its report after anti-uranium mining lobby had claimed that there was leakage of “radiation” from a concrete tank allegedly containing radioactive remnants of an exploratory uranium mining at Nongbah Jynrin village in the State’s South West Khasi Hills district bordering Bangladesh.
A Session Of Ups & Downs (2019-20): The NITR Rewind v2.0
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A remarkable academic year comes to an unexpected close. While the spring end-semester stands cancelled owing to an unprecedented pandemic, the entire fraternity of NIT Rourkela has seen a roller coaster of an academic year. From a revamped Soapbox to a glorious Innovision, from bidding adieus to welcoming renowned personnel to its haven, NIT Rourkela had it all. This year also saw the inception of multi-faceted clubs while prominent events and tournaments had a successful show. So, brace up with Team MM as we unfold before you yet another bygone year.