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KUALA LUMPUR: Lynas Malaysia will be allowed to import lanthanide concentrate, which is a naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM), until its license expires in March 2026, says Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Chang Lih Kang.
Over the past two weeks or so, but to understand the impact of are possible containment breachi want to bring in at. scientist. bill nye, the science guy, joins us live from l.a., and bill knows all about this. bill, good to see you. would a leaking reactor core which we m be seeing here, would it be a major escalation of this disaster or just simply another complication? >> it's probably a major escalation. now, if it's not the core that's cracked, it's some plumbing, some pipes, that lead into it. because when you get this knd of radioactivity level going up so fast, it's probably plutonium....
In japan new fears of radiation from the damaged nuclear reactors contaminating the food supply. in tokyo, iodine levels in tap water spiked to twice what is safe for infants prompting a run on bottled water. the fda banned the import of milk, fruit and vegetables from around the reactors and dr. sanjay was on the ground and joins us now from atlanta. sanj sanjay, thanks for joining us. is it safe to drink the water in japan. >> well, i think as things stand now for a small population of people, the infants primarily they're saying it's not okay to drink the water and this is obviously a chang...
As a result of this 8.9 tremor or earthquake with tlaerms reached as far as 200 miles? >> yeah, i am concerned. i'm concerned because we started out with the unit one and it became unit two and then there was a report it was later retracted from the international atomic energy agency that two plant at a separate but nearby facility had lost their cooling system and that is scary because, again this is all about cooling. this is all about keeping the plants cool and so the pressure doesn't build up and they don't burn off the water and expose the fuel rod. i was concerned about that. sflou a th...