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Missing radioactive capsule found on remote road in Australia
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN
Updated 2:33 AM EST, Wed February 1, 2023
Western Australia's Department of Health
Brisbane, Australia
CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/01/australia/australia-radioactive-capsule-found-intl-hnk/index.html
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Authorities scanning a remote Australian highway for a tiny missing radioactive capsule have found it by the roadside, after a challenging search likened to trying to find a needle in a haystack.
State emergency authorities announced the discovery on Wednesday afternoon, six days after the capsule was discovered missing from a package sent from a mining site in the states north to the capital Perth.
Authorities believe the capsule, containing Caesium-137, a highly radioactive substance, somehow fell off the back of a truck as it was being transported 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) along the Great Northern Highway.
The capsules disappearance sparked a massive search of the highway with specialized radiation detection units and prompted warnings to the public not to approach the capsule, which could cause serious burns on contact with skin.
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3catwoman3
(23,971 posts)Tip o the hat to all the searchers.
Ahna KneeMoose
(302 posts)I 'may' have read that a responding technician named David Banner actually located the capsule...
denbot
(9,899 posts)PurgedVoter
(2,216 posts)You thought the outback was dangerous before?
NJCher
(35,653 posts)I hope we get to see an interview with the searcher who found it.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(7,894 posts)Grey
(1,581 posts)lead lined container? You wouldn't think something this dangerous would be left just rolling around loose in the back of a truck.