Mining major RioTinto has apologised for the loss of a radioactive capsule on the roads between the Pilbara and Perth safety lost radiation
MELBOURNE - Rio Tinto apologised on Monday for the loss of a tiny radioactive capsule that has sparked a radiation alert across parts of the vast state of Western Australia.
"If the source just happened to be lying in the middle of the road you might get lucky...It's quite radioactive so if you get close to it, it will stick out," he said. "We are taking this incident very seriously. We recognise this is clearly very concerning and are sorry for the alarm it has caused in the Western Australian community,"The silver capsule, 6 millimetres in diameter and 8 mm long, contains Caesium-137 which emits radiation equal to 10 X-rays per hour.
The state's emergency services department has established a hazard management team and has brought in specialised equipment that includes portable radiation survey meters to detect radiation levels across a 20-metre radius and which can be used from moving vehicles.
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