Mining giant Rio Tinto says it is 'sorry' for the alarm it has caused by losing the highly radioactive capsule, as a major hunt to find it gets under way. It is believed the unit fell off the back of a truck and the entire 870-mile route will likely have to be searched.
Mining giant Rio Tinto says it is"sorry" for the alarm it has caused by losing the highly radioactive capsule, as a major hunt to find it gets under way. It is believed the unit fell off the back of a truck and the entire 870-mile route will likely have to be searched.The hunt for the missing radioactive capsule in Western Australia.
"As well as fully supporting the relevant authorities, we have launched our own investigation to understand how the capsule was lost in transit."The truck carrying the radioactive unit was travelling from a Rio Tinto mine in Western Australia to a depot in Perthtiny but potentially deadly 8mm by 6mm unitThe small silver cylinder contains caesium-137, a highly radioactive isotope which emits the equivalent of 10 X-rays in an hour.
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