Putting the 'radioactivity' of Lynas waste in perspective

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LETTER | As proven and stated, the levels of radioactivity in WLP are very low and intrinsically low risk.

| With the ongoing discussion regarding the Lynas Corporation plant, there needs to be a clarification of the levels of radioactivity that are being discussed and what they mean.

This radioactivity level needs to be put in to proper perspective. The levels of radioactivity in the concentrate coming from Australia and the WLP produced at the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant are similar at about 6 Bq/g of thorium-232. A Bq, or Becquerel, is one atom decaying per second. That is a very small unit, being at the individual atom scale.

Studies have found that there have been no noticeable deleterious health effects over many years. Examples of such places are Ramsar in Iran, Guarapari in Brazil, Karunagappally in India, and Yangjiang in China. That is while they are continuing their non-scientific, irrational claims of dangerous radioactivity in a material that no other jurisdiction would deem to be the case.

 

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