“We have essentially found the needle in the haystack.” Officials searched an 870-mile stretch of highway to find a pea-sized radioactive capsule that was reported lost last week after it fell off a transport truck.
Officials in Australia announced Wednesday they successfully recovered a pea-sized radioactive capsule that was reported lost last week after it fell off a transport truck.said in a news release.After six days, emergency crews using specialized radiation equipment located the capsule near Newman in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, just south of the Gudai-Darri iron ore mine, where the truck had picked it up. It was bound for Perth, the state's capital.
The capsule was 8 by 6 millimeters , officials said. It became dislodged from the gauge, which RioTinto said had been packed by a specialist radioactive materials handler, before falling off the back of the truck.Missing monkeys taken from Dallas Zoo found in closet of abandoned home“This sort of incident is extremely rare in our industry, which is why we need to investigate it thoroughly and learn what we can to ensure it doesn’t happen again,”.
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