Radioactive Material Found in Thailand Smelter During Search for Missing Cylinder

This image made on March 14, 2023, shows a radioactive cylinder, a steel tube 30 cm (12 inches) long and 13 cm (5 inches) in diameter that has gone missing from a steam power plant in Thailand's eastern province of Prachinburi. The video was taken in December 2022. The Prachinburi Provincial Public Relations Office via AP

Authorities in Thailand have found traces of radioactive Caesium-137 at a smelting plant in Prachin Buri province, which were linked to a metal cylinder that went missing from a power plant earlier this month.

The cylinder containing the radioactive material Caesium-137 measured 30 centimeters (11.8 inches) long and was reported missing from a steam power plant of the National Power Plant 5A in Prachin Buri province on March 10.