Friday, 21 April 2017

Halt the mission - nuclear energy is not an option

by Malaysian Coalition Against Nuclear (MyCAN)     Published 21 Apr 2017   Source : Malaysiakini

The Malaysian Coalition Against Nuclear (MyCAN) is appalled that the Malaysian government is determined to go down the nuclear energy route with the completion of the Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission for Phase 1 of ‘readiness’ that was conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) last October.

When receiving the final mission report from the IAEA on March 8, at the sideline of the 8th Annual Nuclear Power Asia Conference, held in Kuala Lumpur, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nancy Shukri proclaimed that Malaysia is “thoroughly prepared” to decide on adoption of nuclear power generation.

Minister Nancy has said that the report would be presented to the cabinet soonest for a decision to be made as Malaysia has 30 days to respond to the recommendations.
In light of this latest development, MyCAN urges the government, in the interests of transparency, to do the following: