No radiation danger assurance

DENGKIL (March 22, 2012): There is no danger from radiation at Bukit Merah as claimed by the Save Malaysia Stop Lynas (SMSL) group, says the Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB).
Noorhasnah Khairullah, the special adviser to the AELB director-general, said the radiation at Bukit Merah had a natural origin.

"In some areas it is a bit high, such as at Pasir Hitam, Langkawi, it is 2.2 millisievert a year," she said at a public briefing at AELB headquarters today.

SMSL, which opposes the Lynas Advance Materials Plant operations in Gebeng, Kuantan, has claimed that radiation levels at the Mitsubishi Chemical's Asian Rare Earth (ARE) plant are still hazardous.
The group conducted tests at the grounds of the plant, which was closed down 18 years ago and claimed the radiation reading near the plant was around 0.19 microsievert per hour.

SMSL also claimed that the radiation reading near the ARE dumpsite was about 0.2 microsievert per hour, which would be beyond the safe 1 milisievert per year level.

AELB Licensing Division director Hasmadi Hassan, concurred with Noorhasnah's view, saying: "It depends on the geology of the location, pointing out that it was a tin mining area.
He added that what was under the ground would affect the radiation readings and noted that AELB had also gathered different readings throughout the Bukit Merah area.
The readings were all within the safety levels, he said.

The Sun

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Not a surprise. I've read article & reseach saying that Black Sand Beach has traces of some radioactive compound. But its not that high... This article confirms it.. 

Geocaching Sites In Langkawi

I've found an interesting hobby that existed. Its geocaching. In wikipedia it says :-


SOURCE WIKIPEDIA


Geocaching is an outdoor sporting activity in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device^[2] and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", anywhere in the world.
A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook where the geocacher enters the date they found it and signs it with their established code name. Larger containers such as plastic storage containers (tupperware or similar) or ammunition boxes can also contain items for trading, usually toys or trinkets of little value. Geocaching is often described as a "game of high-tech hide and seek", sharing many aspects with benchmarking, trigpointing, orienteering, treasure-hunting, letterboxing, and waymarking.
Geocaches are currently placed in over 100 countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica.^[3] After 10 years of activity there are over 1,532,000 active geocaches published on various websites. There are over 5 million geocachers worldwide.

FAQ about Geocaching.
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Geocaching is a real-world outdoor treasure hunting game. Players try to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, using GPS-enabled devices and then share their experiences online. Geocaching are more concentrating on geological sites around the world.

In Langkawi at the moment there's already several Geocache sites such in Langkawi such as :-

1. Gunung Raya 

2. Kuari Sungai Itau 

3. Pinakel Kubang Baduk

4. Pantai Pasir Tengkorak 

5. Air Terjun Temurun

6. Seven Wells

7. Gua Kelawar

8. Tanjung Burau
    
Its an interesting activity but you need to have a GPS to play. Well to be part of the geochaching please log in here. If you're a geocaching member i'll give you a site which you may register in your geochaching. Please find a place called Black Sand Beach or Pantai Pasir Hitam. Its sand are mixed with natural minerals such as Zircon, etc2. ( which makes the sand black (mix of black & typical sand color).

This should be a site you can register as a Geocache site.  Pictures of Black Sand Beach or Pantai Pasir Hitam here.

Please email me if you need any info with regards to your travel to Langkawi & also if you need any advertising enquiry. ( anaklangkawi@gmail.com )

Black Sand Beach or Pantai Pasir Hitam

Picture of the day. Fish eye of Black Sand Beach. I still amaze on how the Sand is Black. Need to find why & posted here. As far as i know at the moment it is due to the some material deposits in the sand which existed long back time. But its not ore or tin deposits. Amazing Black Sand Beach.

Nice picture by Athirah. Thanks for sharing. More from her here.

Comment by Her :-

about comment,i'm not good with my words but the only thing that shocked us was the price of the cable car cus we thought its RM15 like before..the other experience is superb :)
thanks ya..

Cat at Langkawi Skull Beach

Cat at Skull Beach

Picture of the day. Nice shoot. I wonder who owns the cat. It's quite beautiful cat for a stay cat. Someone please take her home. Great looking cat..

Thanks Raymondtan for sharing.. More of his lovely pictures here.

Pantai Pasir Hitam by Herman

Gambar hari ini. Pantai Pasir Hitam di sebelah utara Langkawi. Pasirnya Hitam & menjadi satu kawasan yg amat menarik bagi jurugambar matahari terbenam @ naik.
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Thanks Herman Tan for sharing. Please check his flikr account for more picture. Picture taken in Black Sandy Beach. Beautiful sunset..

Beach of Black Sand or Pantai Pasir Hitam

Picture by Novon

Picture of the day. Local boat on the Beach of Pantai Pasir Hitam or Black Sand beach with Island background or mainland background. Great combination of picture with nice setting. Thanks novon for the great picture. For more about his picture please refer here. For more great Langkawi pictures refer here