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Yesterday Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak\u2019s stated that Lynas must shift its waste away from its Gebeng plant to an isolated location ending speculation that it will be shipped out of the country.\u00a0 At the same time, Bloomberg reported that Western Australia will be collecting A$18millions in taxes.<\/p>\n
[see http:\/\/au.ibtimes.com\/articles\/307787\/20120302\/lynas-mt-weld-rare-earths-china-malaysia.htm]<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want our PM to explain why we in Malaysia get NOT a single cent in taxes but have to accept Lynas\u2019 radioactive waste?\u201d queried Mr Andansura Rabu, Chairperson of SLC and Mr Tan Bun Teet, Chairperson of SMSL.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are we going to dump the waste?\u00a0 In Temerloh, in Pekan, in Maran or in our Taman Negara? \u201c added Mr Rabu and Mr Tan<\/p>\n
According to the Long Term Radioactive Waste Management plan submitted by Lynas Malaysia in its application for the licence for its rare earth refinery (Also known as Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP)) in Gebeng, the waste will have to be stored in the state of Pahang.<\/p>\n
Following the 15,000-strong Stop Lynas rally in Kuantan and other solidarity actions throughout Malaysia, a series of erratic and contradictory statements have been made by various cabinet ministers and the Director-General of the Atomic Energy Licensing Board Raja Abdul Aziz Adnan.<\/p>\n
Health Minister, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai on 29th Feb 2012 said Lynas is required to move its radioactive wastes outside of Kuantan and ship them back to Australia. The statement was made after a Cabinet discussion involving three ministers in charge of regulating the Lynas project \u2013 they included the Ministers of International Trade and Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) and the Minister for Natural Resources and Environment.<\/p>\n
AELB\u2019s Raja Abdul Aziz Raja Adnan insisted that Lynas\u2019s radioactive waste will not be radioactive any more once it has been treated by Lynas.\u00a0 He implied that the Western Australia government can take back Lynas\u2019 treated waste.\u00a0 In reality, radioactivity cannot be rid of through any form of treatments.\u00a0 It can only be transferred from one waste stream to another and from one kind of residue to another.\u00a0 In the end it is still radioactive.<\/p>\n
The Western Australian Government through the Minister for Mines and Petroleum Norman Moore has stated twice \u2013 once in answering to questions raised by Greens MP Robin Chapple in April last year, and when asked by journalist last week \u2013 that his Government would NOT accept any radioactive waste from another country including that generated by Lynas.<\/p>\n
Malaysia\u2019s suggestion has essentially contravened our commitment under the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal.\u00a0 Malaysia is a signatory to the Convention which is legally binding. It is illegal under international law to transport hazardous waste like that from the Lynas plant across national boundaries.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Government\u2019s erratic, confusing and factually incorrect statements are a clear indication that it has NO IDEA what to do with Lynas\u2019 radioactive waste.\u00a0 Why then do we issue the licence to Lynas?\u00a0 What about rakyat\u2019s health, our livelihoods and our future?\u201d Added Mr Rabu<\/p>\n
SLC and SMSL are disappointed that our Government has not heed the strong opposition expressed by local residents and the voices of dissent by Malaysians in general that we do not want the Lynas plant in our country.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven if the Government can satisfactorily find a permanent disposal site, what about the 500 tonnes of contaminated run-off from the plant that will be drained into the Balok River and into the South China Sea EVERYDAY? What about the 100,000 cubic metre of waste gas EVERY HOUR that will be polluting our air?\u201dconcluded Mr Rabu and Mr Tan.<\/p>\n
SLC and SMSL are giving the Government an ultimatum \u2013 either PM Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his Administration stop the LAMP from operating in Malaysia or we will embark on a nation-wide campaign to vote this Government out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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