Jakarta, Oct. 6 -- The Indonesian government has begun decontaminating radioactive Cesium-137 (Cs-137) at two sites in the Cikande Modern Industrial Estate, Serang, Banten, with cleanup efforts ongoing at several other locations.

Rasio Ridho Sani, Deputy for Pollution and Environmental Damage Control at the Ministry of Environment, said that 10 sites had been identified as contaminated by Cs-137 radiation.

As of October 2, the government task force handling the radiation hazard had removed 20 drums, 17 jumbo bags, and three pallets of contaminated material.

Decontamination is being carried out under the supervision of the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (Bapeten) to ensure worker safety and prevent further radiation exposure.

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