JOHOR BAHRU, Aug. 11 -- The government plans to add four additional Gamma Spectrum Water Monitoring Stations (GSWMS) in Langkawi, Pulau Tioman, Pulau Perhentian and Bintulu by this year.

Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Chang Lih Kang said the first installation of a GSWMS system has already been installed at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Sepanggar, Sabah.

"The system functions to detect and monitor gamma radiation in water sources for safety and research purposes," he told reporters at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Asean Network of Regulatory Bodies on Atomic Energy (Aseantom) at the Renaissance Hotel here today.

"It can detect or monitor radiation levels in water and it is not only installed in Malaysia, but throughout...