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The Prime Minister called relevant agencies to discuss the problem of cesium-137 in the area of Prachin Buri Province, revealing that the amount of radiation found was not much and was under control. confirmed that no contamination was found in the soil air water and fruit The governor of the city of Prachin guarantees that everything is safe. while the people in the area have not yet disappeared from their paranoia After finding 40 students in a radius of a 3 km iron smithy with a fever, the teacher hurriedly notified the doctors and nurses to come for treatment, draw blood for examination and coordinate. Office of Atoms for Peace officials check for radioactive substances in the air
All parties met to find ways to build confidence in radioactive cesium-137.
That disappeared from the steam power plant, National Power Plant 5A Co., Ltd., Si Maha Phot District, Prachin Buri Province, until found in the iron smelter of KTP Steel Co., Ltd., Kabin Buri District, Prachin Buri Province. In the red dust obtained from iron smelting contained 24 big bags, terrified the local residents of the area.
Calling on the government to speed up solving the problem
At the Government House at 11:00 AM on March 24, Mr. Anucha Burapachaisri, Deputy Secretary-General to the Prime Minister for Political Affairs, acts as the spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office.
Stated on the matter that
last morning
Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, assigned Mr. Prateep Keeratirekha, Deputy Secretary-General to the Prime Minister for Political Affairs, to meet with various agencies, including Mr. Ron Ron Nakhonchinda, Governor of Prachinburi Province, Dr. Sirirek Songwilai, Permanent Secretary for Higher Education. Science, Research and Innovation Mr. Permsuk Sajjapiwat, Secretary-General of the Office of Atoms for Peace, Mr. Tawatchai Onchan, Director of the National Institute of Nuclear Technology, Mr. Julapong Taweesri, Director-General of the Department of Industrial Works
and Mr. Pongphaet Pengwanich, Head of the Department of Nuclear Engineering
Chulalongkorn University joins discussion
Mr. Anucha said
The prime minister pays attention to investigations into this matter in all dimensions, such as how did cesium-137 disappear?
Place of purchase of such materials
as well as whether there must be a person responsible for the people affected by radioactive substances or not
Kittipraphat
Commander-in-Chief of Police goes to the investigation area to find evidence to reassure the public
At the same time, there must be measures to support it.
Especially with regard to radioactive substances.
In addition, the prime minister pays attention to the environment.
therefore brought it up as a national agenda
Mr. Ron Ron Nakhonchinda, governor of Prachinburi province, revealed that he had reported at the meeting that in the past few days, the first thing that worried about people's health was people's health.
In particular, about 70 steel mill employees. The first inspection is inside and outside the factory.
Including checking each employee to find no contamination of such substances.
After that, the second examination is an internal examination. The staff examines blood and urine.
The results came out on March 23.
This substance was not found to be contaminated.
In addition, officers were sent to patrol to inspect the soil, water, air and environment within a 5-kilometer and 10-kilometer circumference.
Including no impact on the environment and agricultural crops.
It guarantees that fruits and vegetables in the area are the safest.
Sirirerk Songwilai, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education, said that in academic monitoring, a mathematical model was used to calculate the worst case of the distribution.
Calculated from the conditions that occur in both weather conditions.
and wind direction found
The maximum dispersion will only occur in the factory area.
While the highest health situation found that
The amount of radioactivity in the bag found after 30 hours of direct exposure is equivalent to a single chest X-ray, indicating that the detectable radiation dose is present.
But there are not many and in a controlled state.
As for the movement in the area near the iron smelter, Prachin Buri District, the paranoia has not disappeared.
Most recently at Ban Khok Krathon School, Village No. 10, Lat Takian Subdistrict, Kabin Buri District.
About 3 km away from the iron smelter where cesium-137 was found, it was discovered that many students suddenly had symptoms of fever, cough, sore throat, and some of them could not come to study.
Because of the high fever, the teacher hurriedly notified the doctor and nurse.
Kabinburi Hospital
Go to check the student's fever urgently.
From the investigation of the disease, it was found that the child had a fever and sore throat for several days.
Some people start to have red eyes.
The doctor examines the treatment and prescribes preliminary medication first.
Mr. Songkram Srisawat, chairman of the Kabin Buri District Health Area Group, revealed that more than 30 sick children had initially been found and had to monitor their symptoms to see how the children had continued symptoms.
Due to the presence of radioactive cesium-137 during this period
In the area, the people in the area where the factory is located must be closely monitored.
Subsequently, Office of Atoms for Peace staff went to the area to inspect the case of students at Ban Khok Krathon School who were ill and installed air sampling machines around the school for about an hour before analyzing the filter paper inside the machine to verify that there was an infection. Contaminated with radioactive cesium-137 or not. As for the sick students, it was found that there were 40 students in total. The doctors took the blood of 20 sick children for analysis before administering medication to treat the symptoms according to the symptoms.
Ready to notify parents to take them home
Initially, it is expected that the results of the examination will be known on March 25, while children who are not sick will continue to go to school as usual.