Defence testing access is eased and uranium recovery from copper residue planned
Quick dive
- The revised Defence Ministry SOP enables indigenous defence firms to use proof ranges, field firing ranges and laboratory testing facilities, with charges waived for key projects.
- Facilities include those of DRDO, the Directorate General of Quality Assurance and the three Services; proof and testing requirements are specified in the SOP.
- UCIL plans to double domestic uranium output by 2036 through four greenfield projects and a novel plan to recover uranium from copper-mine residue at Rohil in Rajasthan.
- The residue approach treats material left after copper extraction as a possible uranium resource, reducing fresh mining pressure and illustrating a circular-economy pathway for strategic minerals.
- exam_relevance: links the exact revised SOP and waived testing charges to defence indigenisation, and the 2036 uranium-output goal/Rohil residue plan to nuclear fuel security and circular economy; it echoes UPSC’s recurring defence-testing, strategic minerals and nuclear-energy questions.
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