Rio Tinto 'sorry' over radioactive capsule

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 31, 2023 12:14 am

(UPDATED) SYDNEY: Mining giant Rio Tinto apologized on Monday for losing a tiny but dangerously radioactive capsule that fell off a truck along a 1,400-kilometer-long stretch of road in Western Australia state.

The solid, silver-colored cylinder is smaller than a human fingernail — just 8 millimeters by 6 millimeters — but authorities say it contains enough Caesium-137 to cause acute radiation sickness.

LOST IN TRANSIT Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) personnel search for a radioactive capsule believed to have fallen off a truck being transported on a freight route on the outskirts of the city of Perth, Western Australia state on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. DFES HANDOUT PHOTO VIA AP

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