Missing radioactive capsule sparks urgent health alert in Western Australia
by Guardian staff from World news | The Guardian on (#688D8)
Hazardous material experts searching for 8mm by 6mm capsule believed to have fallen from truck as it was travelling from Pilbara to Perth
A tiny radioactive capsule with the potential to cause skin burns has gone missing as it was transported from a mine in Western Australia.
Hazardous material experts are searching for the 8mm by 6mm capsule, which is believed to have fallen from a truck as it was travelling the 1,400km between a mine site north of Newman in the Pilbara and a depot in Perth.
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