By Dewi Kurniawati and Gayatri Suroyo

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s nuclear agency is still determining the size of the area affected by radioactive contamination linked to a scrap metal plant, with 10 points in an industrial zone near Jakarta found with high levels of exposure, officials said on Thursday.

The contamination was first detected in a batch of shrimp shipped to the United States in August by a local company also based in the Modern Cikande Industrial Estate, after which Indonesia began sweeping scans there.

“Hopefully, by early next week we will know the total size of the contaminated area,” said Bara Hasibuan, a spokesperson for the investigation into the incident, adding Indonesia’s nuclear agency would make that determination.

“We’re not taking this lightly. For us, th

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