Multiple choice

India's domestic uranium reserves are not sufficient to sustain its nuclear power plants. However, large deposits of uranium have been found at a site in India, which promises to be among the top 20 of the world's reserves. Which place is this?

  1. Kodarma

  2. Tumalapalle

  3. Kalahandi

  4. Pykara

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Large deposits of natural uranium, which promises to be one of the top 20 of the world's reserves, have been found in the Tummalapalle belt in the southern part of the Kadapa basin in Andhra Pradesh in March 2011. The Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD) of India, which explores uranium in the country, has so far discovered 44,000 tonnes of natural uranium (U3O8) in just 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) of the 160 kilometres (99 mi) long belt.