PARLIAMENT | A minister has sought to assure the Dewan Rakyat today that thorium extraction is a viable technology, amid scepticism towards Lynas’ Corps proposal to remove the radioactive material from its waste.

Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Chang Lih Kang said that even though the process has only been carried out at a laboratory scale before, that does not mean the technology is still at an experimental stage.

He said it has been proven that...