Uranium Corporation of India marks its Diamond Jubilee Year at Jaduguda
5 October 2026
Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL), a public sector enterprise under the Department of Atomic Energy, celebrated its Diamond Jubilee Year on 4 October 2026, six decades after its incorporation on 4 October 1967.
The celebrations at Jaduguda were attended as Chief Guest by Ms. Seema Jain, Member-Finance of the Atomic Energy Commission.
She visited the Technology Demonstration Pilot Plant and the proposed new site of the Dark Matter Laboratory at the 815-metre level of the Jaduguda underground mine. The laboratory belongs to the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, an aided institution of the Department of Atomic Energy.
A first-of-its-kind Journalists' Workshop was held at the Information Centre, Narwapahar, along with a DAE Technology Exhibition for school students.
Dr Ajit Kumar Mohanty, Secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, sent greetings; the gathering paid homage to Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha and the pioneers of India's uranium mining capability.
In plain words
UCIL Uranium Corporation of India Limited — The public sector company that mines and processes uranium ore for India's nuclear power programme.
DAE Department of Atomic Energy — The central department, under the Prime Minister, that runs India's atomic energy programme.
Dark Matter Laboratory — An underground laboratory sited deep in a mine so that rock shields the detectors from cosmic rays.