The tiny radioactive capsule was found following an extensive search in Western Australia's outback that was likened to trying to find a needle in a haystack.
capsule has been found in WA’s outback, after it sparked a frantic search and unprecedented public health warning spanning hundreds of kilometres.Its loss sparked an unprecedented public safety warning over 1,400kmWA Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson said it was found about 50 kilometres south of Newman this morning.
Western Australians were warned of the dangerous misplaced capsule in an extraordinary press conference held late on Friday afternoon. Mr Robertson said the capsule was lost while it was being transported, somewhere between a mine site north of Newman and Malaga, in Perth's north-east. It was believed the capsule fell through the gap left by a bolt hole, after the bolt was dislodged when a container collapsed as a result of vibrations during the trip.
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