Andhra emerges hub of uranium, thorium

Andhra Pradesh is emerging as the uranium and thorium hub of the country with new reserves of these rare minerals being unearthed in Chittoor and Warangal districts. Uranium has been found in Kadapa and Nalgonda districts while thorium reserves have been discovered in Visakhapatnam , Prakasam and Nalgonda districts.

The latest findings of uranium and thorium deposits in Manupatulagadda and Mallampalli areas of Warangal district and Allapakonta and Vembakam in Chittoor district comes at a time when India is planning to produce nuclear power in a big way. Researchers at the city-based atomic minerals directorate have also noticed rare earth elements such as Niobium along with iron, uranium and thorium in sediments of Pakhal basin in Warangal district.

AMD explorers have said in their research study that the Pakhal basin deposits were similar to the rare earth elements found in China.

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