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Radioactive capsule found in Western Australia after frantic search

Radioactive capsule found in Western Australia after frantic search


A tiny, potentially deadly, radioactive capsule that fell from a truck has been found in Australia’s outback following a frantic search along a huge desert highway. 

Mining giant Rio Tinto issued an apology for the loss of the coin-sized silver capsule, which contains enough cesium-137 to send out 10 X-ray blasts every hour and fell somewhere along Western Australia’s 870-mile (1,400 kilometers) Highway 95 during the past two weeks, triggering the widespread search. The capsule has now been found on the Highway near the town of Newman, and will be taken to a secure facility in Perth. 

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