UCIL identified two Uranium blocks named Killung and Rangam in
West Khasi hills district of Meghalaya, with total reserves of
9.22 million tones with rated capacity of 0.375 MTPA. The
project has acquired 351 ha of land for the establishment of
mines, processing plant, DCDA plant (for H2SO4 plant), township
and other facilities. Both mining blocks will produce 9.22
million tones of Uranium ore and 62 million tones of waste
materials (overburden) in 24 years. The Killung block is divided
into Killung A and Killung B and Rangam block will mine
separately as a single block. The executive summary is silent on
whether all blocks will be operated simultaneously or will
operate in stages. However, it seems that both blocks will be
mined simultaneously because there are wide various in uranium
percentage in the ores of Killung A and Killung B and Rangam.
Location wise project is very sensitive because project is
located in hilly terrain and receives very high rainfall.
Further, project site is an important watershed