Tiny radioactive capsule goes missing in Western Australia

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The tiny object contains Caesium-137, which could cause serious illness.

By Kathryn ArmstrongAn urgent search is under way in Western Australia after a tiny capsule containing a radioactive substance went missing.

It was lost between the town of Newman and the city of Perth in mid-January - a distance of roughly 1,400km .It was being transported on a truck between a mine site north of Newman in the Pilbara region and the north-eastern parts of Perth between 10-16 January when it was mislaid. Caesium-137 is a substance commonly used in mining operations.

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