About This Map
A blank India outline map for marking the 42 facilities that make up India's civilian nuclear fuel cycle outside of the power reactors themselves — from uranium mining in Jharkhand's Singhbhum belt, through enrichment, fuel fabrication and reprocessing, to the six DAE research centres and the rare-earth/thorium plants run by Indian Rare Earths Ltd. Jharkhand alone accounts for seven of the ten uranium mines on the map, making the Singhbhum belt the single most important cluster to learn first.
All 42 fuel-cycle facilities on the Uranium Facilities map, grouped by legend category
Uranium Mining / Milling (10)
| Facility | State | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaduguda Uranium Mine & Mill (UCIL HQ) | Jharkhand | Operational | India's first (1967) and UCIL's headquarters mine, East Singhbhum district, Singhbhum Shear Zone |
| Bhatin Uranium Mine | Jharkhand | Operational | East Singhbhum district; ore processed at Jaduguda mill |
| Narwapahar Uranium Mine | Jharkhand | Operational | East Singhbhum district; ore processed at Jaduguda mill |
| Bagjata Uranium Mine | Jharkhand | Operational | East Singhbhum district |
| Turamdih Uranium Mine & Mill | Jharkhand | Operational | ~24 km west of Jaduguda; mill also treats ore from Banduhurang & Mohuldih |
| Banduhurang Uranium Mine (open-pit) | Jharkhand | Operational | UCIL's only open-pit uranium mine; East Singhbhum district |
| Mohuldih Uranium Mine | Jharkhand | Operational | Seraikela-Kharsawan district |
| Tummalapalle Uranium Mine & Mill | Andhra Pradesh | Operational | YSR Kadapa district |
| Lambapur-Peddagattu Uranium Mine | Telangana | Operational | Nalgonda district |
| Rohil Uranium Deposit (upcoming) | Rajasthan | Exploration / pre-mining | Sikar district; AMD-identified reserves, LOI issued to UCIL |
Enrichment / Fuel Fabrication (5)
| Facility | State | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), Hyderabad | Telangana | Operational | ECIL-X-Roads area, Hyderabad |
| Nuclear Fuel Complex - Kota unit (NFC-Kota) | Rajasthan | Under commissioning | New NFC facility to supply fuel to Rajasthan/Madhya Pradesh fleet-mode reactors |
| Zirconium Complex (ZIRCON), Pazhayakayal | Tamil Nadu | Operational (commissioned 2009) | Pazhayakayal (Palayakayal), Thoothukudi district |
| Rare Materials Plant (RMP), Ratnahalli/Rattehalli | Karnataka | Operational | Near Yelwal, Mysuru district |
| Special Material Enrichment Facility (SMEF), Challakere | Karnataka | Under development | Chitradurga district science city complex; large-scale expansion of India's enrichment capacity announced by DAE/BARC in 2011 |
Reprocessing / Waste Management (5)
| Facility | State | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Plant (PREFRE-1,2), Tarapur | Maharashtra | Operational | Reprocesses spent fuel from Kakrapar & other PHWRs; recovers uranium/plutonium |
| Kalpakkam Atomic Reprocessing Plant (KARP) | Tamil Nadu | Operational (KARP-II under commissioning) | Reprocesses spent fuel from MAPS and FBTR; supplies plutonium for PFBR fuel |
| Plutonium (Reprocessing) Plant, Trombay | Maharashtra | Operational | BARC, Trombay |
| Waste Immobilisation Plant (WIP), Tarapur | Maharashtra | Operational | Vitrifies high-level liquid waste (HLLW) from Tarapur reprocessing |
| Waste Immobilisation Plant (WIP), Kalpakkam | Tamil Nadu | Operational | Vitrifies HLLW from KARP; also site of an Interim Storage Facility (ISF) |
Research Reactor / Research Centre (12)
| Facility | State | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAMINI Research Reactor | Tamil Nadu | Operational | IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
| Apsara / Apsara-upgraded Reactor | Maharashtra | Operational (Apsara-upgraded, critical since 2018) | BARC, Trombay, Mumbai |
| Dhruva Research Reactor | Maharashtra | Operational | BARC, Trombay |
| CIRUS Reactor (decommissioned) | Maharashtra | Permanently shut down (Dec 2010) / under decommissioning | BARC, Trombay |
| Purnima Series (I, II, III) - decommissioned | Maharashtra | Decommissioned (historic, 1972-1990s) | BARC, Trombay |
| Zerlina Reactor (decommissioned) | Maharashtra | Decommissioned (historic, 1961) | BARC, Trombay |
| Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) | Maharashtra | Operational | Trombay, Mumbai |
| Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) | Tamil Nadu | Operational | Kalpakkam |
| Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT) | Madhya Pradesh | Operational | Indore |
| Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) | West Bengal | Operational | Bidhannagar (Salt Lake), Kolkata |
| Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration & Research (AMD) | Telangana | Operational | Begumpet, Hyderabad |
| Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP) | Haryana | Operational (phased) | Jasaur Kheri village, Bahadurgarh tehsil, Jhajjar district (NCR Delhi) |
Rare Earths, Isotope Tech & Admin HQ (10)
| Facility | State | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| IREL Orissa Sands Complex (OSCOM) | Odisha | Operational | Chhatrapur, Ganjam district |
| IREL Chavara Mineral Separation Plant | Kerala | Operational | Kollam district; one of India's richest ('Q-grade') beach-sand mineral belts |
| IREL Manavalakurichi Mineral Separation Plant | Tamil Nadu | Operational | Kanyakumari district, near Colachel |
| IREL Rare Earths Division (RED), Aluva/Udyogamandal | Kerala | Operational | Ernakulam district |
| IREL Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Plant (REPM) | Andhra Pradesh | Operational | Visakhapatnam |
| Board of Radiation & Isotope Technology (BRIT) - HQ / Vashi Complex | Maharashtra | Operational | Sector 20, Vashi, Navi Mumbai |
| Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) - Headquarters | Maharashtra | Operational | South Mumbai |
| Heavy Water Board (HWB) - Headquarters | Maharashtra | Operational | Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai |
| Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) | Telangana | Operational | ECIL-X-Roads, Hyderabad |
| Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) - Headquarters | Maharashtra | Operational | Niyamak Bhavan, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai |
Category groupings and counts (10 / 5 / 5 / 12 / 10 = 42) mirror the legend on the Uranium Facilities Gold Edition map.
Tips And Tricks
- This map is the 'everything else' of India's nuclear programme — every facility here supports the reactors on the Nuclear Establishments map without generating electricity itself. Cross-reference the two maps rather than learning them in isolation.
- BARC (Trombay) is the single densest point on the map — it alone hosts four of the six research reactors, plus the Plutonium Reprocessing Plant and a Waste Immobilisation Plant.
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