Key takeaways:
- The Department of Fire and Emergency Services in Western Australia is searching for a lost radioactive capsule 8 millimeters by 6 millimeters.
- Teams have been deployed with handheld radiation detection devices and metal detectors along 36 kilometers of the freight route.
- The Department of Fire and Emergency Services is asking for the public’s help in locating the capsule and is urging anyone who may have seen it to contact them immediately.
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services in Western Australia is currently searching for a tiny but potentially deadly radioactive capsule that was lost while being transported from a mine to a depot in the city of Perth. The capsule is 8 millimeters by 6 millimeters (0.31 inches by 0.24 inches) and is believed to have fallen off the back of a truck on a 1,400-kilometer (870-mile) journey from the Rio Tinto mine in Newman to the the Perth suburb of Malaga.
In order to locate the capsule, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services has deployed teams with handheld radiation detection devices and metal detectors along 36 kilometers (22 miles) of the busy freight route. However, they are hampered by a lack of equipment and have called on the Commonwealth and other states to provide assistance.
The capsule contains a radioactive material, and if it is not found, it could pose a serious health risk to the public. Emergency services are urging anyone who finds the capsule to not touch it, but to contact the Department of Fire and Emergency Services immediately.
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services is continuing to search for the capsule and is asking for the public’s help in locating it. They are urging anyone who may have seen the capsule to contact them as soon as possible.
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