Missing Caesium-137 cylinder spotted at car wash

If you stole a cylinder of an isotope that is a main contributor to the total radiation released during nuclear accidents, would you throw it in your truck and go about your normal day? Authorities searching for a capsule of Caesium-137 believed to be stolen from a power plant in Prachin Buri on February 23 are following up on a lead from a car wash. An employee at the car wash reported seeing an “iron” cylinder, similar to the one containing a capsule of Caesium-137, in the back of the pickup.

Police in the Si Maha Phot district of Prachin Buri, are searching for the owner of a pickup truck who had his vehicle cleaned at a local car wash about three weeks ago. The cylinder was reported missing from a steam power plant in the same district on Friday, March…