Decades after World War II, the federal government is finally cleaning up radioactive remnants from a site that once stored uranium used to develop the first atomic bomb.
Malaysia's government said Tuesday it will allow Lynas Rare Earth to continue to import and process rare earths until March 2026, after the Australian miner proposed a new technology to extract radioactive elements from the waste it produces. The Lynas refinery in Malaysia, its first outside China producing minerals that are crucial to high-tech manufacturing, has been operating in central Pahang state since 2012. The government had ordered Lynas to move its leaching and cracking processes — which produce the radioactive waste from Australian ore — out of the country by the year's end.
Nuclear fallout can have a lasting impact on surrounding communities and environments. Some animal species near nuclear sites are still found to be radioactive.
Japan protests Chinese nuisance calls over Fukushima water release, urges accurate information sharing. Security measures increased for Japanese in China