Indonesia’s special task force on radioactive contamination has found traces of Caesium 137 at 22 production facilities in an industrial zone near Jakarta, officials said on Wednesday. The contamination was first detected in a batch of shrimp shipped to the United States in August by a local company, PT Bahari Makmur Sejahtera (BMS). Indonesia then conducted sweeping radiation scans of the Modern Cikande Industrial Estate, where BMS was based. “The shrimp production facility (BMS), has conducted independent decontamination and has been declared safe by the nuclear agency,” task force spokesperson Bara Hasibuan told journalists. The task force did not give the names of the 21 other production facilities, but said they will immediately undergo decontamination procedures conducted by Indonesia’s nuclear agency. The Modern Cikande estate, 68 km from Jakarta, covers 3,175 hectares and contains more than 270 local and foreign companies in sectors ranging from food processing to automotive components, according to its website.

Full report : Indonesia says 22 plants in industrial zone near Jakarta contaminated by caesium 137.