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Cargo from Pakistan with radioactive Uranium seized at UK's Heathrow airpo
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The radioactive material was detected in a package at Heathrow Airport following a routine screening on December 29. The discovery of the shipment has raised alarm over the possible use of Pakistan as a transit point for smuggling nuclear material.
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UK: Shipment of several kilograms of Uranium seized at Heathrow Airport, i
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A shipment containing several kilograms of Uranium was seized at UK's Heathrow Airport, following which a major counter-terrorism probe was launched, Dailymail Online, the website of the Daily Mail, a tabloid newspaper based in UK reported on Wednesday.
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Earth's oldest remaining groundwater aged at 1.2 billion years old: Study
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a study published in the journal 'Nature Communications', an international team of researchers discovered 1.2-billion-year-old groundwater deep in a gold- and uranium-producing mine in South Africa.
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Iran extracts 20-pct enriched uranium from Fordow site
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced Sunday that it started the extraction of 20-percent enriched uranium from the Fordow enrichment facility in central Iran, state TV reported.
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Earth's oldest groundwaters have life's power generators, find researcher
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], July 9 (ANI): As per new research, scientists have now discovered 1.2 billion-year-old deep groundwater in a gold and uranium mine in South Africa, throwing more light on how life is sustained below the Earth's surface and how it may survive on other worlds.
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Researchers reveal oldest groundwaters on Earth contain energy sources for
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], July 6 (ANI): According to a new study, an international team of scientists has found groundwater that is 1.2 billion years old deep in a South African gold and uranium mine, adding to our understanding of how life is supported below the Earth's surface and how it may survi
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Gajendra Singh Shekhawat asks Karnataka govt to tackle uranium contaminati
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 6 (ANI): Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday expressed his concern over uranium contamination in drinking water being supplied in some villages of Karnataka and said the state government has been directed to address the issue imme
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Iran says reserves of 60-pc enriched uranium hit 25 kg
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], November 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said Iran's reserves of 60-percent enriched uranium have reached 25 kg, Tasnim News Agency reported Friday.
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IAEA chief says agency has no evidence Iran covertly enriches Uranium
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi said during an interview with the Stimson Center that he does not have any information indicating Iran is covertly enriching uranium.
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Iran's 20-pct enriched uranium stockpile exceeds 120 kg: Nuke chief
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], October 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said that his country's stockpile of 20-per cent enriched uranium has exceeded 120 kg, Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday.
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China eyes its Gobi desert for uranium alternative thorium to use in nuke
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 26 (ANI): China may soon test a new inexpensive nuclear energy that will not need water to cool nuclear fuel rods nor uranium on the edge of its Gobi Desert at a place called Wuwei, a media report said.
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Pakistan exploiting scope of uranium enrichment in Gilgit Baltistan, activ
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK]/Glasgow [Scotland], September 18 (ANI): In violation of international laws, Pakistan has been exploiting the scope of uranium enrichment in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan, confirmed locals and political activists from the occupied region.
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