PRACHINBURI, March 21 (TNA) – Rayong governor has ordered furnace dust to be transported back to the smelting plant, where the authorities detected traces of Caesium-137 in metal dust in Prachinburi to allay local residents’ concerns over the contamination.

Rayong governor Traiphob Wongtrairat led officials and local leaders to inspect a company in Nong Faeb community in Taphut municipality, which received “red” dust from the smelting plant in Prachinburi where the Caesium-137 contaminated furnace dust was discovered.

 

Sixteen big bags, containing the dust, weighing 12.4 tonnes were sent from the smelting plant in Prachinburi on March 3. The dust remains in the bags kept in the closed area.

 

Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1138037

 

-- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2023-03-21

 

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Do you trust these guys to handle this situation transparently

20 minutes ago, Elkski said:

Do you trust these guys to handle this situation transparently

No in a word

45 minutes ago, webfact said:

The dust remains in the bags

Are these guys prepared to handle this? 
What kind of plastic bags can keep those cesium-137 in metal dust safe? ????

59 minutes ago, Tarteso said:

Are these guys prepared to handle this? 
What kind of plastic bags can keep those cesium-137 in metal dust safe? ????

No phobem.

 

12.4 tonnes of radiation-contaminated metal to be returned to Prachin Buri

 

 

A total of 12.4 tonnes of metallic dust, believed to be contaminated with caesium-137, which was being kept at a factory in Rayong, have been ordered to be sent back to a foundry in Prachin Buri.

 

Rayong Governor Traipob Wongtrairat, accompanied by officials from the provincial industrial works and natural resources and environment offices and local administrators visited the warehouse of a company in Mueang district yesterday (Monday), where 16 large bags of metallic dust, weighing about 12.4 tonnes, are being kept.

 

The metallic dust came from a foundry in Prachin Buri. The officials used a radiation detector to check the bags and found traces of caesum-137, but the level of radiation was within acceptable limits.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/12-4-tonnes-of-radiation-contaminated-metal-to-be-returned-to-prachin-buri/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2023-03-21

 

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5 hours ago, Elkski said:

Do you trust these guys to handle this situation transparently

100%.... not.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

but the level of radiation was within acceptable limits.

Then why do anything?

Hopefully one day we can use the sun as the waste disposal for all this earthy radioactive trash 

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

Hopefully one day we can use the sun as the waste disposal for all this earthy radioactive trash 

Now you want to make our light radioactive??

/J  ????

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But seriously... as a former radiation safety officer at a major uni (we had our own mini-reactor), I have soooo many questions about this whole thing.