Thursday 30 June 2011

Malaysian Government Releases IAEA Report on Lynas Project


On 30 June 2011, the Malaysian Government presented to the press and the public in Kuala Lumpur the final report of an IAEA expert mission that reviewed radiation safety at the Lynas Project, a rare earth processing facility under construction near Kuantan in Pahang state to the Malaysian Government.

The final report can be accessed at http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/pdf/lynas-report2011.pdf

The report was submitted by the IAEA to the Malaysian Government on 28 June 2011 and follows a week-long mission undertaken from 30 May until 3 June 2011 by ten international experts, which included technical meetings and numerous sessions to gather public views and hear concerns about the facility.
The review team also met Lynas Project staff and visited the construction site.

-IAEA-

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