Authorities locate radioactive capsule in Australia's outback after more than a week of searching a 870-mile long stretch.
was apparently part of a gauge used to measure the density of iron ore at a mining facility in the Kimberly region known as Rio Tinto's Gudai-Darri.
The capsule reportedly fell off a truck as the materials were being transported to Perth – a distance roughly the same length as the California coastline. A mining corporation on Sunday apologized for losing the highly radioactive capsule over a 1,400-kilometer stretch of Western Australia, as authorities combed parts of the road looking for the tiny but dangerous substance.The radioactive device, a reported 6 mm in diameter, 8 mm long and containing Caesium-137 which emits radiation equal to 10 X-rays per hour, apparently landed on the side of the road.
It is unclear how the tiny capsule was found though it is not believed to have contaminated the area.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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