A pile of furnace dust, believed to be contaminated with caesium-137 from a radioactive rod that went missing from a power plant in Prachin Buri a few weeks ago, is still being kept at the steel smelter where it was found.
Authorities have yet to agree on how to handle the irradiated waste.
According to the 2016 Nuclear Energy for Peace Act, radioactive waste management is the responsibility of the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT) under the supervision of the Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP).
Over two weeks have passed since the incident came to light, yet the agencies are still in the process of drafting a plan to mitigate the…
