KENYATAAN MEDIA
UNTUK SEBARAN SEGERA
15 Mac 2011
Pagi ini kita dikejutkan lagi dengan berita letupan ketiga di loji tenaga nuklear Daiichi di Fukushima, Jepun. Mengikut laporan agensi berita Reuters serta The New York Times, letupan di reaktor No 2 telah berlaku jam 6:14 pagi waktu Jepun dan kerosakan yang timbul mungkin bersifat lebih kritikal, lalu menyebabkan senario “full meltdown” semakin mungkin berlaku. Reuters menambah bahawa kadar radiasi sekitar loji nuklear tersebut telah meningkat empat kali ganda.
Oleh itu, saya berharap agar pihak Kerajaan Pusat bertindak lebih pantas tetapi tepat dalam menerangkan situasi sebenar di Jepun serta apakah akibat yang mungkin dialami rakyat Malaysia di Semenanjung, Sabah, dan Sarawak. Apakah peratusan kemungkinan radiasi dari loji tenaga nuklear ini akan tiba di Malaysia, berdasarkan senario “full meltdown”? Apakah langkah berjaga-jaga yang harus diambil rakyat Malaysia? Adakah Kerajaan Pusat benar-benar bersedia menghadapi situasi pencemaran nuklear yang mungkin terjadi?
Pada masa yang sama, Kerajaan Pusat wajib menghentikan dahulu sebarang perancangan untuk membina loji tenaga nuklear mahupun pusat pemprosesan tanah jarang (rare earth refinery) di negara ini.
YB Nurul Izzah Anwar
Ahli Parlimen Lembah Pantai
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MEDIA STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
15 March 2011
This morning we woke up to the news of a third explosion at the Daiici nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. According to reports via Reuters and The New York Times, the explosion in reactor No 2 occured at 6:14am local time dan the resulting damage appears to be more critical, thereby indicating that a “full meltdown” scenario is increasingly possilbe. Reuters added that the radiation levels surrounding said nuclear power plant has increased four-fold.
Therefore I call upon the Federal Government to be swift and accurate in acting to clarify the real situation in Japan, and how this unfolding event will ultimately affect Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak. What percentage possibility is there that the radiation from these nuclear power plants can reach Malaysia, based on a “full meltdown” scenario? What precautionary measures should all Malaysians take? Is the Federal Government truly ready to respond if such a nuclear contamination incident were to occur?
At the same time, the Federal Government must put on hold all discussions and plans to build any nuclear power plants or rare earth refineries in this country.
YB Nurul Izzah Anwar
Member of Parliament for Lembah Pantai
