A cylinder containing radioactive material has gone missing in a Thai province around 160 kilometres east of Bangkok, sparking a wide scale search.
abc.net.au/news/thailand-searches-missing-radioactive-cylinder-taken-power-plant/102095480Thai authorities are scrambling to find a cylinder containing dangerous radioactive material that went missing from a power station, warning of serious health risks from direct exposure.
A weekend search failed to locate the 25-kilogram tube containing highly radioactive isotope Caesium-137, said Kittiphan Chitpentham of the National Power Supply Public Company, which owns the plant.Radiation tests at the plant show it has been taken off the premises."The radioactive material was in a closed and protected condition, but if someone opens it and is exposed to the substance, it could cause a rash and burns.
The Bangkok Post, an English-language daily newspaper in the Thai capital, posted two photos that reportedly show the cylinder before it disappeared.
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