The press conference itself was attended by the Minister of Ristek/BRIN Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro with the Chairman of BAPETEN Jazi Eko Istiyanto, Chairman of BATAN Anhar Riza Antariksawan, and South Tangerang Mayor Airin Rachmi Diany.

"This classification is not an accident or nuclear emergency prepareednes, but the pollution of radioactive waste to the environment," said Jazi.

The same thing was said by the Minister of Ristek/BRIN, "The important thing is that there are no leaks in the nuclear reactor area and what is happening in the Batan Indah housing complex is that BAPETEN is conducting survey using radioactive sensors and accidentally found contamination in the area adjacent to the Batan Indah complex, which is in a vacant lot.”

BATAN itself decontaminated when BAPETEN stated that it was necessary to immediately decontaminate. "What we (BATAN) are doing is cleaning up land that has been indicated to be contaminated and causing high exposure. The progress is very good. The result is also good that the exposure can go down drastically, "explained Anhar.

Furthermore, the Mayor of South Tangerang also explained the condition of residents around the Batan Indah area. "Residents believe what is being done by BAPETEN and BATAN, who have competence and ability. On the other hand, we encourage to immediately complete the decontamination process, so that remediation can be immediately carried out, ”explained Airin.

This press conference was needed to confirm to the public that radioactive contamination that occurs not a leakage of nuclear reactor facilities. [BHKK / RA / IP]