Power plant in Thailand ups reward for missing radioactive cylinder to 100,000 baht

UPDATE

A power plant in Prachin Buri province in central Thailand has upped the reward for information on the whereabouts of a missing radioactive cylinder containing Caesium-137 from 50,000 to 100,000 baht.

The Office of Atoms for Peace have checked CCTV and scoured second-hand shops in the Si Maha Phot district to no avail.

The radioactive cylinder was noticed missing on Friday but is believed to have been taken from the plant on February 23.

Prachin Buri governor Ron Nakhonchinda said that all factories within a 2-kilometre radius of the plant have been searched but the Caesium-137 is still missing. The search is being expanded to other provinces, said Governor Ron.

Given the grave danger the radioactive substance presents to human and environmental health, more than 20 power plant officials have been interrogated about the missing cylinder at Si Mada Phot Police Station, but…