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Knowledge Nugget: India and Canada sign Uranium pact: What all you must know about Uranium

Knowledge Nugget | India and Canada sign Uranium pact: What you must know about uranium

March 05, 2026 11:30 am

Going beyond the headline of the India–Canada uranium deal, today's Knowledge Nugget revisits the basics — what uranium is, its key isotopes, how the enrichment process works, and why it is central to nuclear energy. Also, go 'Beyond the Nugget' to know about the small modular ‌nuclear reactors.

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13-15% of Delhi's groundwater samples contaminated with uranium, CGWB report finds

November 28, 2025 7:40 pm

Of the 83 total samples analysed, 24 were found to be exceeding uranium parameters, which is roughly around the range of 13.35 per cent and 15.66 per cent of the total samples collected.

Iran, US and the 400-kg enriched Uranium bargaining chip

June 28, 2025 9:07 pm

At the center of this unfolding drama is the still-unresolved mystery of the 400 kg of HEU. Whether hidden, destroyed, or dispersed, its status will shape the contours of diplomacy in the coming weeks

Russia declines to say if it would accept Iran's enriched uranium as part of a US-Iranian deal

April 15, 2025 5:52 pm

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran was "fairly close" to acquiring a nuclear weapon and has threatened to bomb it unless it reaches an agreement to prevent that. Iran denies seeking nuclear weapon

Why Australia has banned mining in one of the world’s largest uranium deposits

July 29, 2024 11:35 am

New protective measures for Australia’s Jabiluka site mark a victory for the Mirrar people, who fought for decades to keep mining companies away from uranium deposits on their land

60 µg/l uranium in drinking water safe: Nuclear safety watchdog

July 19, 2024 10:04 pm

In 2021, the Bureau of Indian Standards had set the limit at 30 µg/l

Niger revokes French company's operating permit at major uranium mine

June 21, 2024 7:05 pm

In 2022, the country supplied over a quarter of the uranium used in the European Union, according to the bloc's nuclear energy agency, making it its second-biggest uranium source, after Kazakhstan.

Atomic watchdog report says Iran is increasing production of highly enriched uranium

December 26, 2023 9:45 pm

Uranium enriched at 60% purity is just a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.

High uranium in groundwater in Bihar leaves authorities worried

August 06, 2022 5:13 pm

Districts from where the groundwater samples have been recently collected are Nalanda, Nawada, Katihar, Madhepura, Vaishali, Supaul, Aurangabad, Gaya, Saran and Jehanabad.

Photos show North Korea expanding uranium enrichment plant

September 18, 2021 5:11 pm

The assessment comes after North Korea recently raised tensions by performing its first missile tests in six months amid long-dormant nuclear disarmament diplomacy with the United States.