Authorities and officials in Western Australia were scouring a highway on Monday in search of a capsule containing a radioactive substance that went missing earlier this month while in transit.
Authorities were scouring an 870-mile stretch of road on Monday, while a mining giant apologized for losing the dangerous device, which is believed to have fallen from one of its trucks.
By Heather Chen and Hilary Whiteman, CNN It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack — an 8mm by 6mm silver capsule, no bigger than a coin, believed to be lost somewhere along a stretch of vast desert highway in Australia’s biggest state.
The round, silver capsule — measuring roughly a quarter of an inch wide by a third of an inch tall — is believed to have been lost somewhere along the road in Western Australia.
Authorities have now been on a weeklong search for the capsule, which is believed to have fallen from a truck that made a 870-mile journey in Western Australia.
A highly radioactive capsule that was lost while being transported in Western Australia in January has been found, according to authorities, ending the distressing search for an object that can cause skin burns and even cancer.
The radioactive capsule the size of a pea fell off a truck last month. “They have quite literally found the needle in the haystack,” an Australian official said.
The dangerously radioactive capsule fell off a truck along a remote stretch of desert highway in Western Australia last month. One official said it was like finding a "needle in a haystack."
After a six-day search along Australia’s Great Northern Highway, crews on Wednesday found a capsule containing radioactive cesium, used in mining gauges.
The tiny but potentially deadly capsule, which is believed to have fallen off of a truck from a mining company, was discovered by the side of a remote stretch of road.
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Authorities scanning a remote Australian highway for a tiny missing radioactive capsule have found it by the roadside, after a challenging search likened to trying to find a needle in a haystack.
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