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Pembinaan tapak pelupusan kekal kilang Lynas masih dinilai

KUALA LUMPUR: Pembinaan tapak pelupusan kekal (PDF) sisa radioaktif di kilang Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Lynas) dijangka dapat dilaksanakan selepas kelulusan diperoleh dari Lembaga Perlesenan Tenaga Atom (LPTA) dan Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS), bulan depan. Menteri Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi, Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba, berkata sehingga kini tapak yang dikenal pasti bagi pembinaan kemudahan […]

Initial assessment on Lynas’ proposed permanent disposal facility to be decided next month, says Dr Adham

KUALA LUMPUR: The initial assessment for Lynas’ proposed permanent disposal facility (PDF) in Gebeng Industrial Area is expected to be decided by next month, says Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. The Science, Technology and Innovation Minister said that the environmental impact assessment (EIA) and radiological impact assessment (RIA) had been submitted to the Atomic Energy […]

Lynas move for Gebeng plant questioned

KUALA LUMPUR: Fearing a possibility of exposure to radioactive waste, an opposition MP today questioned the government’s decision to pick Gebeng in Kuantan, Pahang, as a site for Lynas to set up its permanent disposal facility (PDF). Speaking in Parliament today, Fuziah Salleh (PH-Kuantan) cited the preliminary environmental impact assessment (EIA) by Lynas in 2018 […]

Jakarta, KL worried about nuclear subs Down Under

JAKARTA: Malaysia and Indonesia have strong reservations over Australia’s decision to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, even though nuclear weapons are not part of the plan, foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah said. Referring to Aukus, a trilateral security pact agreed last month between Australia, the United States and the UK, Saifuddin said the two Southeast Asian nations were […]

With IAEA, Malaysia sets up nuclear security repository

KUALA LUMPUR – In a landmark partnership, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has agreed to set up a nuclear security rental equipment repository in Malaysia to help combat nuclear terrorism in the region. The equipment – bought by the IAEA through funding from Japan – will be stationed at Malaysia’s Nuclear Security Support Centre (NSSC) […]

Lynas diberi tempoh bina PDF sehingga Mac depan

Kuala Terengganu: Lembaga Perlesenan Tenaga Atom (LPTA) meluluskan permohonan Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Lynas) untuk menangguhkan pembinaan Kemudahan Pelupusan Kekal (PDF) sehingga 2 Mac tahun depan. Timbalan Menteri Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi Datuk Seri Ahmad Amzad Hashim berkata, keputusan itu diluluskan pada 20 Ogos lalu dengan mengambil kira beberapa justifikasi selepas Lynas membuat pemohonan untuk […]

Mahkamah: Keputusan kabinet PH lanjut lesen operasi Lynas sah

Keputusan kabinet Pakatan Harapan pada tahun 2019 untuk melanjutkan lesen operasi enam bulan kepada kilang nadir bumi Lynas Corporation adalah sah dan cabaran undang-undang terhadapnya adalah bersifat akademik, menurut penghakiman mahkamah. Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi di Kuala Lumpur, Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid, memutuskan perkara ini melalui penghakiman penuh bertulis mengenai pembatalan semakan kehakiman terhadap lanjutan operasi […]

High Court dismisses application to review license granted to Lynas

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court today dismissed a judicial review application by three people over the extension of licence granted to Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd. Counsel Dinesh Athinarayanan who represented the three, namely Save Malaysia Stop Lynas chairman Tan Bun Teet and two Kuantan residents, Ismail Abu Bakar and G. Ponusamy, said judge Datuk Ahmad […]