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Nuclear power and net zero
Business, Published on 03/07/2023
» Clean energy campaigns are not only promoting solar, wind and biomass power in Thailand, but also prompting conversations about nuclear energy.
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Lack of plan for radioactive dust worries experts
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/04/2023
» A pile of furnace dust, believed to be contaminated with caesium-137 from a radioactive rod that went missing from a power plant in Prachin Buri a few weeks ago, is still being kept at the steel smelter where it was found.
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Put toxic dust fears to bed
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/04/2023
» The news about a caesium-137 tube that disappeared from a power plant and is believed to have been melted at a steel factory is quickly fading from view. But the problem hasn't gone away and is likely to resurface amid anticipated protests as the government must find space to store the contaminated furnace dust.
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Locals urge action over caesium saga
News, Manit Sanubboon, Published on 28/03/2023
» A group representing Prachin Buri's residents have formally lodged a complaint with the parliamentary Committee on Land, Natural Resources and the Environment over the disappearance of a caesium-137 cylinder from a power plant in the province.
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Check out these documentaries of disaster
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 28/03/2023
» Following the disappearance of a caesium-137 tube, the discovery of radiated red dust in a metal foundry in Prachin Buri has sparked fear of contamination of radioactive substances in the environment. I've picked some documentaries and films that portray the man-made impact of radiation on communities.
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Sick kids prompt 'urgent' tube probe
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 25/03/2023
» 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.
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Prachin Buri people demand probe into caesium disappearance
Manit Sanubboon, Published on 23/03/2023
» A civil society network in Prachin Buri province has demanded a thorough national-level investigation into the disappearance of a radioactive cylinder that created a public health scare.
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Radiation 'poses no threat' to local food produce
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/03/2023
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on on Wednesday assured that produce from Prachin Buri is 100% safe for consumption, following health fears sparked by a missing tube of caesium-137 in the province.
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Good intentions
Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/03/2023
» Re: "MP faces lese majeste claim over 'defamatory' speech," (BP, March 21).
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Prayut says no risk from furnace dust
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 22/03/2023
» Caretaker Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha gave reassurances that local residents would be safe after hazardous caesium-137 contamination was detected at a metal factory in Prachin Buri's Kabin Buri district on Monday.
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