35.6 C
Bangkok
Saturday, April 20, 2024

Caesium-contaminated factory dust now safely contained

Prachin Buri governor Narong Nakhonchinda, third from right, Atoms for Peace and health officials during their press conference on caesium-137 contamination at the Prachin Buri government complex in Prachin Buri province on Monday. (Screenshot)

PRACHIN BURI: The Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP) said on Monday that furnace dust contaminated with hazardous caesium-137 found at a metal factory in Kabin Buri district had now been safely contained.

Kitkawin Aramrun, OAP senior radiation physicist, confirmed at a press conference at the Prachin Buri government complex that he found caesium-137-contaminated furnace dust at a local steel melting plant. There was no other contamination detected within a five-kilometre radius outside the…

Read more…

Latest Articles