A radioactive capsule has fallen off a truck somewhere on a 1,200 km road in Western Australia. Here's why it's so difficult to locate. Read more here:
The capsule is used in radiation gauges.
An urgent search continues for the 8 by 6 millimetre unit that is believed to have fallen off the back of a truck on its 1,400 kilometre journey from Newman to a depot in the Perth suburb of Malaga.The small silver cylinder is a 19-becquerel caesium 137 ceramic source commonly used in radiation gauges.
"If it were kept long enough and they were exposed long enough, they could also have some acute effects, including impacts on their immune system and the gastrointestinal system."The Department of Fire and Emergency Services have teams with handheld radiation detection devices and metal detectors along a 36km stretch of the busy freight route.
Authorities are also using the truck's GPS data to determine the exact route the driver took and where it stopped after it left the mine on or about January 10.
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