Australian authorities on Wednesday found a radioactive capsule smaller than a coin that was lost in the vast Outback after nearly a week-long search involving around 100 people along a 1,400-kilometer (870-mile) stretch of highway, officials said.
A supplied image obtained on January 27, 2023, shows a small round and silver capsule containing radioactive cesium-137 that went missing in transportation between a mine site north of Newman and the north-eastern parts of Perth, Australia. AAP Image/ Department Of Fire And Emergency Services/ Handout via REUTERSthat was lost in the vast Outback after nearly a week-long search involving around 100 people along a 1,400-kilometer stretch of highway, officials said.
The radioactive capsule was part of a gauge used to measure the density of iron ore feed from Rio Tinto's Gudai-Darri mine in the state's remote Kimberley region. The gauge was being taken to a facility in the suburbs of state capital Perth—a distance longer than the length of Great Britain. "When you consider the scope of the search area, locating this object was a monumental challenge, the search groups have quite literally found the needle in the haystack," he said.
The silver capsule, 6 mm in diameter and 8 mm long, contains cesium-137 which emits radiation equal to 10 X-rays per hour. Rio said in a statement that it would investigate whether the use of specialist contractors had been appropriate, having entrusted the gauge to SGS Australia and Centurion for packaging and transportation respectively.Centurion said in a statement it was seeking answers about how the capsule became dislodged during transportation given the crate and pallet provided by SGS arrived in Perth in the same condition as at the start of the journey, and GPS data had shown no sudden changes in speed.
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