SEMUA kemusykilan tentang status dan tahap keselamatan sisa Lynas yang ditimbulkan semula oleh SM Mohamed Idris dalam artikel di bawah telah dijawab dalam posting-posting yang saya hantar pada bulan Disember 2012 dalam Islah-Net.
Please don't waste your time, my time and other peoples' time by re-telling and repeating all the lies.. At 2/3/2012 09:50 PM, ISHAK ALI wrote: > >Radioactive waste dump in Malaysia a super >subsidy for Lynas SM Mohamed Idris > > > > > >March 02, 2012 >MARCH 2 In recent days, we have heard the >authorities giving contradictory signals >regarding the disposal of radioactive waste from Lynas Corps Gebeng refinery. >According to the health minister, Lynas would be >told to move the radioactive wastes outside of >Kuantan or ship these back to Australia. This >was the agreement reached by him and the >ministers of International Trade and Industry, >Science, Technology and Innovation, and Natural Resources and Environment. >Four days on, February 26, the prime minister >said that the radioactive wastes would be dumped >far away from residential areas. >Another two days later, February 28, the public >was told that the four ministries had decided to >store the radioactive waste in Malaysia and a possible site had been found. >The following day, the Green Technology, Energy >and Water minister said that the Cabinet had not >given up on sending back the radioactive waste to Australia. >In fact, the impression given was that Malaysia >was mulling over the option of whether to >actually send the radioactive waste from Lynas back to Australia. >This being the case, we are wondering why the >Malaysian government had not thought of getting >Mitsubishi, the company that produced >radioactive waste in the Asian Rare Earth (ARE) >factory in Bukit Merah, Perak over 30 years ago, >to send its wastes back to Japan. >It is still not too late as the radioactive >waste may continue to contaminate our >environment and pose a threat to Malaysians for >countless generations, thanks to the apathy of >the government (and Atomic Energy Licensing >Board). If the government thinks that it can >ship radioactive waste back to Australia, we are >sure that the same could have been done for the ARE waste. >If the government had done this earlier, we >would not be burdened with having to deal with >these radioactive wastes with a half-life of >13.9 billion years. In other words, we are now >left with having to manage radioactive waste >that will remain radioactive forever. >This was a stupendous subsidy for Mitsubishi >(and Japan). The radioactive waste left behind >is a source of contamination to our soils, >forests, water systems and the air. (Thorium, >when it decays, produces radioactive radon gas >that can be carried for long distances, >generously covering the air Malaysians breathe). >These are enormous liabilities to Malaysia, our >ecosystems and our health and safety. The damage >to our land, forests, waters and air and the >costs to the health of Malaysians is >incalculable. These future costs were never >factored in when Mitsubishi was allowed to >operate. In the absence of knowledge about >future risks and costs, the government (AELB) >decided it was a golden investment opportunity. >Mitsubishi took the profits home and left this >toxic legacy that will last for billions of years or forever. >Despite the fact that work has begun on an >underground storage system (at the cost of over >RM300 million), there is no guarantee that this >underground storage of some 80,000 200L drums of >radioactive wastes from the ARE factory will >remain geologically stable for the next 100 years, let alone 1000 years. >Bear in mind that Malaysia is made up mainly of >limestone, which is highly porous, unstable and >prone to erosion, making it very unsuitable for >the storage of long-lived radioactive wastes. >Climate change, tsunamis, earthquakes, the >recent unprecedented floods and natural >disasters should serve as a clear warning. >Should any disaster occur, Malaysian taxpayers will have to foot the bill. >The ARE factory in Bukit Merah was underwritten >with enormous public subsidies where all the >risks and costs were socialised and borne by >Malaysia and its present and future generations. >Allowing Lynas to dump its radioactive wastes on >Malaysian soil will be the sweetest ultimate >subsidy of all. This is on top of the tax-free >billions that it will reap as profits. Note that >Lynass rare earths production will be ten times >more than that produced at the ARE factory, thus >the wastes level will be immense. If the damages >and costs are not addressed by the authorities, >they will be burdening future generations of >Malaysians with radioactive wastes they had no part in creating. >As it is, the annual US$10 million (RM30 >million) that Lynas will pay Malaysia for five >years beggars belief. It is farcical that the >economic, social, environmental and health costs >to the workers, communities, the land, forests, >soils, waters, seas, and future generations are >seen as amounting to just US$50 million. >Allowing Lynas to dump its radioactive wastes in >Malaysia forever is indefensible. >* SM Mohamed Idris is president of the Consumers >Association of Penang and Sahabat Alam Malaysia > > > >---------- >To: [email protected] >From: [email protected] >Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:48:15 +0800 >Subject: [Islah-Net] LYNAS: Antara Fakta dan Auta > > > ><http://reformasin.blogspot.com/2012/02/lynas-antara-fakta-auta.html>http://reformasin.blogspot.com/2012/02/lynas-antara-fakta-auta.html > >Selepas selesai solat Jumaat di Masjid Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah II di >Kuantan saya jumpa risalah "LYNAS: Antara Fakta dan Auta" diterbitkan >oleh Ikatan Anak Muda Pahang diletakkan di cermin hadapan kereta.Hari >ini bila buat carian di internet, risalah tu dah ada rupanya di sana. > >Selamat Membaca!! ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JIMedia: Memurnikan Tanggapan Umum Melalui Penyebaran Ilmu dan Maklumat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nota: Kandungan mel ini tidak menggambarkan pendirian rasmi Pertubuhan Jamaah Islah Malaysia (JIM) melainkan yang dinyatakan sedemikian. 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