Nuclear Energy from Sea Sand
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17:14 IST
RAJYA SABHA

In Orissa, Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD) had identified 1.82 million tonnes of Thorium bearing monazite resources. Thorium is a fertile element and can be converted to fissile element to produce Atomic Energy in the 3rd stage of Nuclear Power Programme of India.

This was stated by Shri Prithviraj Chavan, the Union Minister of Science &Technology and Earth Sciences in the Rajya Sabha today.