To alleviate concerns about radioactive contamination in the province following the theft of a Caesium-137 cylinder last week, the Governor of the Prachinburi Provincial Office organized a fruit-eating exercise.
The caesium-137 cylinder was stolen from a National Power Plant 5A Company facility at 304 Industrial Park in Prachinburi province, central Thailand on February 23, but it wasn’t reported missing until March 10.
The cylinder was later found to have been melted and turned into red soot with other scrap metal at a smelting factory around 10 kilometres away from the plant, raising concerns among people in the area that there could be another Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster.
The news caused a domino effect with dozens of customers cancelling purchase orders of fruit from the province while several tour groups reportedly cancelled trips to Prachinburi, reported…
