NUKLEAR KEMENTERIAN TENAGA, SAINS, TEKNOLOGI, ALAM SEKITAR & PERUBAHAN IKLIM MINISTRY OF ENERGY, SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY, v' ~J ENVIRONMENT 5 CLIMATE CHANGE

TARIKH KHAMIS, 11 OKTOBER 2018 AKHBAR NEW STRAITS TIMES TAJUKARTIKEL DOES NOT PRODUCE NUCLEAR WASTE, SAYS CEO M/S 11 BIDANG ENVIRONMENT KATA KUNCI LYNAS

Lynas Corporation Ltd chief executive officer and managing director Amanda Lacaze says it is important for people to understand that radiation is part of daily activities. PIC BY SALHANI IBRAHIM

RARE EARTH ORES Lynas does not produce nuclear waste, says CEO

KUALA LUMPUR: Lynas Malaysia the community,” she said. is not a nuclear plant and it does Lynas Malaysia has been op­ not produce nuclear waste, said erating a processing plant in Lynas Corporation Ltd chief ex­ , , which refines ecutive officer and managing di­ rare earth ores from the Lynas rector Amanda Lacaze. mine in Western Australia for the She said the quality rare earth past six years. material processed at its plant Last week, Deputy Minister in had also not shifted the back­ the Prime Minister’s Department H ground radiation level. Fuziah Salleh promised an “open “It is important that people un­ and transparent” review of the derstand radiation is part of our Lynas plant in Kuantan. daily activities. We get exposed to Lynas Malaysia, in turn, had radiation in many different ways, asked for any review to be con­ for example, smoking, getting on ducted in a fair, scientific and an airplane or just being a part of transparent manner. our environment. Last Saturday, workers at the “We are a lawful company, we plant staged a protest, fearing comply with all of our licence con­ that they would lose their jobs if ditions. Everything we do is zero the plant was ordered to shut harm to people, environment and down. Bernama

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