Radioactive capsule lost in Australia, search continues

Authorities in Western Australia are searching for a small but deadly radioactive capsule that went missing while being trucked from a mine to a depot in the city of Perth. Officials gave this information on Saturday. Emergency services officials said they were short of equipment, prompting them to seek help from the Commonwealth and other states.

The fire and emergency services department deployed teams with radioactive detection equipment and metal detectors to search for the eight-millimetre-by-six-millimetre capsule along the 36-km-long route. The capsule is believed to have fallen off a truck on its way to Malaga, a suburb of Perth, some 1,400km from the Rio Tinto mine in Newman. “We’re not trying to find a small object with the naked eye,” Superintendent Daryl Ray said.

He told that we are focusing our search in North Perth and the strategically important Great Northern Highway. “We are using radiation detection equipment to detect gamma rays,” he said. Officials said they are analyzing data from the GPS system mounted on the truck to ascertain whether it was actually Which way did he pass and where did he stop around 10th January. He said there is concern that the solid capsule could get caught in the wheels of a truck and potentially travel hundreds of kilometers from the search area.

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