The tiny capsule that fell out of a Perth-bound truck captured the world’s attention, but experts say hundreds of radioactive sources go missing each year
, for example – it would never have been found. But radioactive materials, by their nature, emit radiation that makes them detectable.
The search for the missing capsule captured the world’s imagination, but Obbard says radioactive material goes awol about 100 times a year around the world. According to the Australian Radiation Incident Register, there are annual occurrences of radioactive sources being lost, stolen, or found. There was one incident in 2020, six in 2019, another one in 2018, four in 2017 and a whopping 15 in 2016. 10 of those were reports of finding low-level hospital waste.
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