Riaan 
Bangkok, Thailand
CNN
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Iziphathimandla e-Thailand zizama ukuthola isilinda sensimbi esinezinto ezinemisebe eziyingozi eziduke endaweni yokuphehla ugesi kuleli sonto, zixwayisa umphakathi ngezingozi ezinkulu zezempilo uma uhlangabezana nazo.
Isambulo siza ngemva nje kwezinyanga ezimbili Australia waphoqeleka ukuba ethule a ukuzingela okufanayo ukuthola i-capsule encane enemisebe eyagcina ibekwe eceleni komgwaqo onguthelawayeka.
Kodwa ngenkathi lelo khephu lase-Australia lalahleka endaweni ekude yezwe emaphandleni angamakhulu amakhilomitha ukusuka edolobheni elikhulu eliseduze – i-canister yaseThailand inyamalele endaweni enabantu abaningi kakhulu.
Isilinda, esingamasentimitha angu-30 ubude namasentimitha angu-13 ububanzi (amasentimitha angu-5) ububanzi, kubikwe ukuthi silahlekile ngesikhathi sihlolwa ngabasebenzi ngoMashi 10, endaweni yokuphehla ugesi wamalahle ePrachin Buri, esifundazweni esimaphakathi neThailand, empumalanga yedolobha. inhlokodolobha Bangkok.
Lesi sifundazwe sinabantu abacishe babe yingxenye yesigidi futhi sinezindawo zokulondoloza imvelo ezihamba phambili eThailand, okuhlanganisa ne-Khao Yai National Park edumile edume ngelendawo kanye nasendaweni. abavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe.
Amapaki awuhambo oluvamile losuku olusuka eBangkok eseduze, idolobha elikhulu elinabantu abangaba izigidi ezingu-14.
Isetshenziselwa ukukala umlotha, isilinda sasiyingxenye yesisele futhi iqukethe i-Caesium-137, into ekhipha imisebe eyingozi kakhulu ososayensi abathi iyi- okungase kube yingozi.
Amaqembu okusesha kanye nama-drones asetshaliwe ukuze kutholakale isilinda esilahlekile, ngokusho kwesitatimende esivela eHhovisi Le-Atoms for Peace (OAP), umlawuli kahulumeni ocwaningweni lwemisebe nenuzi eThailand.
IPhini likaNobhala-Jikelele u-Pennapa Kanchana utshele i-CNN ngoLwesithathu ukuthi bebesebenzisa umshini wokubona imisebe ukuze bathole isilinda.
“Sithungatha ezitolo ezigaya udoti endaweni,” kusho yena. “Sisebenzisa (sisebenzisa) imishini yokuhlola ukuthola izimpawu. Ezindaweni esingakwazi ukufinyelela kuzo, sithumele ama-drones namarobhothi. ”
Abanye abathintekayo ekuthungatheni ngamaphoyisa aseThailand, akholelwa ukuthi isilinda besilahlekile kusukela ngoFebhuwari kodwa kwabikwa ngokusemthethweni inkampani yeNational Power Plant 5 ngoLwesihlanu.
Amaphoyisa ahlole izithombe ze-CCTV kulesi sitshalo, isikhulu samaphoyisa esifunda saseSi Maha Phot uMongkol Thopao etshela i-CNN – kodwa avinjwa “imibono emincane” yomshini.
“Akukacaci ukuthi le nto yebiwe yadayiswa esitolo esigaywa kabusha noma yalahleka kwenye indawo,” kusho uMongkol. “Sithumele amathimba ethu ukuthi ayosebenza kabusha ezitolo endaweni… asikwazanga ukuyithola.”
Ochwepheshe baxwayisa ngokuthi i-Caesium-137 ingadala izinkinga ezingathi sína zezempilo kubantu abahlangana nayo: ukusha kwesikhumba ngenxa yokuchayeka eduze, ukugula ngemisebe kanye nezingozi zomdlavuza ezingase zibulale, ikakhulukazi kulabo abachayeka isikhathi eside bengazi.
I-Caesium-137 inengxenye yempilo yeminyaka engaba ngu-30, okusho ukuthi ingaba yingozi kubantu amashumi eminyaka ezayo, uma ingatholakali.
UPennapa, ovela eHhovisi Le-Atoms for Peace, unxuse umphakathi ukuthi ungathuki.
“Uma abantu abajwayelekile (befika) bethintana bengazi, imiphumela yezempilo izoncika ezingeni (lokukhishwa kwemisebe). Uma iphezulu, into yokuqala esizoyibona ukuluma kwesikhumba.”
Akukhona okokuqala kwenzeka into efana nale eThailand.
Ngo-2000, ngokombiko weCongressional Research Serviceamathini anenye i-isotope ekhipha imisebe, i-cobalt-60, athengwa abaqoqi ababili abalahliwe, abayisa endaweni engcolile lapho yasikwa khona.
Abanye abasebenzi bathole imihuzuko efana nokusha, kwagcina ngokushona abantu abathathu kwathi abayisikhombisa balimala ngemisebe, kusho umbiko. Cishe abanye abangu-2 000 ababehlala eduze bachayeka emisebeni.
Kodwa uPennapa uthe i-canister elahlekile njengamanje ayinayo imisebe emincane kakhulu kunesigameko sango-2000.
Isigameko sakamuva kakhulu e-Thailand silandela isigameko esifanayo eNtshonalanga Australia ngoJanuwari lapho i-capsule encane, nayo equkethe i-Caesium-137, ilahleka emgwaqweni onguthelawayeka osemaphandleni ngesikhathi ithuthwa isuka emayini yensimbi iyiswa edepho ePerth.
Ngemuva kokusesha okuyinselele kwezinsuku eziyisithupha, i-capsule yaba ekugcineni itholakele kanti izikhulu zisaphenya ukuthi iwa kanjani ngemuva emotweni ngesikhathi ihamba.
Ochwepheshe bemisebe yenuzi e-Australia aba wakhuluma ngaphambilini ku-CNN ithe ukulahleka kwalelo capsule “kwakungajwayelekile kakhulu” futhi kukhulunywa ngezinselelo zokuthola umshini omncane kangako.
Kodwa okuhle, bathe, ukuthi indawo esesha yayingayodwa kakhulu.
“Ngakho-ke bekungeke kwenzeke ukuthi kube nomthelela omkhulu (kubantu),” kusho u-Ivan Kempson, uprofesa osebenza naye ku-Biophysics wase-University of Southern Australia.
Kepha bekunezibonelo ezedlule, uKempson waphawula, zabantu abathola izinto ezifanayo futhi bahlushwa ubuthi bemisebe.
“Ukukhathazeka … umthelela ongaba khona empilweni yomuntu ozothola i-capsule,” esho.
