Indonesia begins working on Cs-137 cleanup

[Marlin]

Indonesia begins working on Cs-137 cleanup

https://www.ans.org/news/2025-10-03/article-7429/indonesia-begins-working-on-cs137-cleanup/

[Marlin]

Indonesia begins working on Cs-137 cleanup

https://www.ans.org/news/2025-10-03/article-7429/indonesia-begins-working-on-cs137-cleanup/

Curious what the body burden and whole-body equivalent exposure was to workers that do not seem to have been monitored. I assume that is why the individuals were treated for radiation exposure.
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"Steve Biegalski, longtime ANS member and chair of nuclear and radiological engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, explained to Nuclear NewsWire that the cesium likely would have come in the form of cesium chloride. Once in a smelter, that cesium chloride would rise above its boiling point and be emitted as a gas into the atmosphere. From there, the airborne cesium could contaminate nearby buildings simply by settling on them. PMT is about a mile from the shrimp packaging facility owned by BMS Foods.

According to Indonesian news agency Antara, Indonesian Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq said that the radiation level in Cikande reached 1,000 microsieverts, or 100 millirems. "Fifty hours in such an environment would give us our annual worker dose within the United States," Biegalski explained. He added that, while such an environment would not present immediate health risks within a few hours, it nonetheless requires cleanup."