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Malaysia Elected To IAEA Board - Bernama

04/10/2008, GEMENCHEH: Malaysia has been elected to the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a statement issued by the Malaysian Embassy in Austria and the Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations said here Friday. Malaysia will begin its two-year term from October 2008 until September 2010. The nation completed its previous two-year term on the board in 2004. Malaysia will be represented in the IAEA board by Mohd Arshad M. Hussain, the ambassador to Austria and resident representative of the country to the IAEA, and he would assume the post of governor of Malaysia on the board. ....

.... Related News: Bernama (03/10/2008) & TheStar (03/10/2008)
 

Malaysia to use nuclear energy by 2023 - TheStar

20/9/2008, GEMENCHEH: Malaysia will use nuclear energy to produce electricity by 2023 as global supplies of natural gas and coal deplete. Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor said the Govern­ment was left with no choice but to use nu­clear energy as it was the better alternative. “I will be briefing the Cabinet  ....
 

Malaysia to resort to nuclear energy by 2023: minister - MSN

Agence France-Presse - 20/09/2008 ...... Malaysia will turn to nuclear energy to generate electricity by 2023 as supplies of fossil fuel eventually run out, a minister said according to Saturday news reports. Energy, Water and Communications Minister Shaziman Mansor said the use of nuclear energy was also an alternative to counter ....  The government last year said it would build Southeast Asia's first nuclear monitoring laboratory to allow scientists to check the safety of atomic energy programmes in the region ....
 

'Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?' - U.S. book says maybe - TheStar

17/09/2008, ...... "Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?" examines the history and psychology of nuclear terrorism, including whether or not terrorists could build a nuclear bomb, and if so, how bad it would be and how governments can prepare and avert disaster. ....
 

Auditor-General's Report: Firm threatens to sue for ‘damage to reputation’ - NST

04/09/2008, KUALA LUMPUR: One of the "unregistered" companies that won a Health Ministry contract is demanding an apology from the auditor-general for "tarnishing" its name. Allied Physics Sdn Bhd owner Peter Terence D'Cruz said the auditor-general's report implied that his company was not qualified or licensed to handle radioactive material and X-ray equipment. "This has caused massive damage to the company's reputation. "We have the necessary licences ....
 

Japan, China, Korea To Set Up Nuclear Accident Hotline - Bernama

TOKYO, Sept 3 (Bernama) -- Japan, China and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have agreed to set up an inter-governmental hotline for alerts on disasters or accidents at the three countries' nuclear-related facilities, local media reported. ...
 

Auditor-General's Report 2007: Do homework before giving contracts, says MMA - NST

02/9/2008, KUALA LUMPUR-- : The Health Ministry should do its homework before awarding contracts to any company, Malaysian Medical Association president Datuk Dr Khoo Kah Lin said yesterday. "The person who's giving the contract must know whether the company is qualified so problems won't arise." He was commenting on the Auditor-General's Report 2007 that the ministry had given a contract to an unregistered company for the supply of three X-ray machines valued at RM33 million. ..... qualified or licensed to handle radioactive material and X-ray equipment .....