IAEA to help Australian company to leave radioactive wastes in Malaysia?
growing public pressure to scrap the plant as environmental activists say it could make Malaysia a dumping ground for radioactive by-products
IAEA panel to advise Malaysia on rare earths plant. Reuters May 3, 2011 VIENNA – The U.N. nuclear agency will organise an expert panel to advise the government of Malaysia on the potential radiation risks of a rare earths facility planned by Australian miner Lynas , the agency said on Tuesday.
The move comes after Malaysia asked the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for assistance in addressing public concerns about the project by forming an panel to review radiation heath and safety factors.
It reflects growing public pressure to scrap the plant as environmental activists say it could make Malaysia a dumping ground for radioactive by-products from the refining process, creating health risks……… Lynas’s Malaysia plant was supposed to process rare earth concentrate shipped in from the firm’s Mount Weld site in western Australia…
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