Radioactive tube goes missing
A photo of the Caesium-137 cylinder that went missing from a power plant in Prachin Buri this year. (Photo: Green Network Facebook Page)
In March, residents of Prachin Buri woke up to a government warning that a tube containing radioactive Caesium-137 went missing from the National Power Plant 5A Company’s facility in the province.
Authorities scrambled to find the missing hazardous material among scrap metal shops and even offered a cash reward for information leading to the recovery of the missing tube. The missing Caesium-137 caused anxiety among villagers. The area within a 10-kilometre radius of the plant included a crowded community, a large school, a plantation and a river.
After more than a week of frantic searching, the Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP) secretary-general, Permsuk Sutchaphiwat, declared that a…
