Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the national police chief to urgently investigate how a power plant in Prachin Buri province lost a 25-kilogramme tube containing radioactive caesium-137 after local children reportedly developed symptoms related to respiratory diseases.
Government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri on Friday appeared at a press briefing marking the first official statement from the government over the inspection of the missing tube from a National Power Plant 5A Company facility in the 304 Industrial Park in tambon Tha Tum of Si Maha Phot district.
Mr Anucha said Gen Prayut had urged the national police chief, Pol…
