JAKARTA, Feb 17 — Indonesia’s nuclear authorities said today they would investigate the radioactive contamination of a patch of land in a housing complex outside Jakarta, and called for calm. The Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (Bapeten) issued a statement on Friday telling residents to stay...
Monday, 17 Feb 2020 11:12 PM MYT
The Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency issued a statement on Friday telling residents to stay away from a piece of land in Serpong, 43 km south of Jakarta, because it was contaminated. Local media said the land is next to a volleyball court. “We’ll investigate the source of the contamination,” Qohhar said, adding that residents need not panic about current levels.
Qohhar said that radiation levels had fallen over the weekend because of Bapeten’s decontamination process which included removing soil and cutting down plants.Djarot Sulistio Wisnubroto, a researcher at the National Nuclear Energy Agency , said the impact should not be harmful to residents and levels had now fallen to 20-30 microSv per hour.
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