Delayed Announcement of Radiation
The Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency contained and disposed of land exposed to radiation after two weeks from finding some cesium-137 in the area. The initial plan was to quietly remove the waste.
Riky Ferdianto
February 24, 2020
THE excavation on a vacant land in front of Blocks H, I, and J at the Batan Indah Housing Complex in Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten, was initially planned to be done unannounced. However, most of the residents of that housing complex, who are current or former employees of the National Nuclear Energy Agency (Batan), soon caught on to the unusual activity. “The land was excavated and taken away. The public didn’t need to know,”
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