KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 (AFP): Malaysia will build Southeast Asia's first nuclear monitoring laboratory to allow scientists check the safety of atomic energy programmes in the region, a report said Sunday.
The 26-million-dollar facility would be built in central Pahang state and be operational in three years' time, the Sunday Star newspaper reported.
Science, technology and innovation minister Jamaludin Jarjis said the laboratory would be the first in Southeast Asia.
Malaysia has 66 scientists in nuclear-related subjects and many of them are involved in work with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), he said.
Jamaludin said the government agreed to implement the project following recommendations by the UN nuclear watchdog since none of the developing countries in the region had such a facility.
Malaysia to build Southeast Asia nuclear monitoring lab
FE Team | Published: July 16, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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