From Jaduguda to a wider Uranium network: Jharkhand's contribution to India's nuclear energy journey

Jaduguda (Jamshedpur), Oct 4 (UNI) Deep beneath the mineral-rich landscape of Jharkhand, a state renowned for its natural heritage and scenic beauty, lies a story deeply intertwined with India's quest to build an indigenous nuclear energy programme, with its seven uranium mines playing an important role in meeting the country's uranium requirements. For more than six decades, the mines and processing plants around Jaduguda in East Singhbhum district have been supplying uranium for the country's nuclear fuel cycle. What began in the 1960s as an ambitious mining and processing project has gradually evolved into a wider industrial network involving mining,…