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Missing Radioactive Cylinder Sparks Intensive Search Across Thailand

Another radioactive capsule has gone missing — this time, in Thailand.

The four-by-five-inch cylinder was discovered missing from a power plant in Prachin Buri, about 100 miles east of Bangkok, on March 10, CNN reported.

Thai authorities fear that the cylinder, which contains the highly radioactive substance Cesium-137, has been missing from the power plant’s silo since February, the outlet added.

“We are searching in waste recycling shops in the area,” Deputy Secretary General Pennapa Kanchana told CNN. “We are [using] survey equipment to detect for signals. For areas we cannot reach, we have dispatched drones and robots.”

Officials are not certain if the capsule, which was used to measure ash, has been misplaced or deliberately taken.

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