Indonesia says 22 plants in industrial zone near Jakarta contaminated by caesium 137


Caesium-137 is a hazardous radioactive isotope that usually enters the environment as a result of nuclear testing or after accidents. - Reuters

JAKARTA: Indonesia's special task force on radioactive contamination has found traces of Caesium 137 at 22 production facilities in an industrial zone near Jakarta, officials said on Wednesday (Oct 8).

The contamination was first detected in a batch of shrimp shipped to the United States in August by a local company, PT Bahari Makmur Sejahtera (BMS).

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