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Department of Atomic Energy

World’s first helium gas exploration plant coming up at Bakreswar

In a major development Atomic Minerals Directorate (sole explorer of Uranium in India), under the Department of Atomic Energy is collaborating with National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur for world’s first commercial helium gas exploration plant from hot spring site using non-cryogenic PSA technique from Bakreswar in Birbhum, about 230 kilometres from Kolkata as part of Atmanirvar Bharat initiative and stop dependency on costly import from the USA