{"id":1832027,"date":"2023-02-01T17:51:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T22:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1832027"},"modified":"2023-02-01T17:51:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T22:51:54","slug":"radioactive-capsule-discovered-in-australia-after-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radioactive-capsule-discovered-in-australia-after-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Radioactive Capsule Discovered In Australia After Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fradioactive-capsule-discovered-in-australia-after-search%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1832027&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"p1\">Australian authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/02\/01\/australia\/australia-radioactive-capsule-found-intl-hnk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Announcement<\/a> Wednesday saw the discovery of a radioactive piece that had been lost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLocating this object was a monumental challenge \u2013 the search groups have quite literally found the needle in the haystack,\u201d state Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/02\/01\/australia\/australia-radioactive-capsule-found-intl-hnk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> A press conference was held on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Six days before discovery, the capsule had vanished. It contained radioactive material Caesium137. The capsule was not found in a package that had been sent from a northern Western Australian mining location. The capsule could cause serious skin damage and even burns, so people were warned not to touch it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Officials thought that the capsule was dropped from a truck with several trailers, also known as a roadtrain, while it was in transit. It is around 8 millimeters high and 6 millimeters around \u2014\u00a0which is as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/01\/31\/1152870649\/australia-missing-radioactive-capsule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Small<\/a> As a pea. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The capsule was located with special tools designed to detect radiation \u2014 and was ultimately found around six-and-a-half feet from the edge of the street.<\/p>\n<p>As Australian officials, specialized groups began a huge search for the item. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/australias-nuclear-safety-agency-joins-hunt-radioactive-capsule-2023-01-31\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sent<\/a> The capsule is also available for purchase by additional individuals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Monday will see the Department of Fire and Emergency Services <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/australias-nuclear-safety-agency-joins-hunt-radioactive-capsule-2023-01-31\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> tracing over the road train\u2019s path would take five days. It reported that 1,400 kilometers of the route had been mapped out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Searches included other government agencies, including the Department of Defence and law enforcement. The Australian Nuclear and Science Technology Organisation also participated in the search.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe have essentially found the needle in the haystack,\u201d\u00a0Darren Klemm AFSM, Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.health.wa.gov.au\/Media-releases\/2023\/February\/Radioactive-capsule-found-in-Pilbara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> In a statement \u201cWhen you consider the challenge of finding an object smaller than a 10-cent coin along a 1400-kilometre stretch of Great Northern Highway, it is a tremendous result. I want to thank everyone involved in the search \u2014 we called on a large number of agencies to assist and this was a great example of working together to achieve an outstanding result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Western Australia\u2019s Chief Health Officer and Chair of the Radiological Council Dr. Andrew Robertson said the likelihood of someone being harmed by the device was low.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAs I have mentioned previously, to be at risk of radiation exposure you need to be close to the source for a period of time,\u201d Dr. Robertson spoke. \u201cIf you were one metre away from the source for one hour, that would be the equivalent of receiving the radiation dose of 10 X-rays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robertson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/02\/01\/australia\/australia-radioactive-capsule-found-intl-hnk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> The capsule likely did not pollute dirt around it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_FCD46352-E740-E9EF-11A3-0C1AF471A046@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">\u201cIt\u2019s encased in stainless steel, so it\u2019s unlikely that, unless there\u2019s been substantial damage to the actual source itself, which is unlikely from a fall from the back of a truck, that there will be any contamination in the area,\u201d He stated.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_FCD46352-E740-E9EF-11A3-0C1AF471A046@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">He is currently investigating the cause of its disappearance and will provide a report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian authorities announced on Wednesday that they had discovered a piece of radioactive material that had gone missing. \u201cLocating this object was a monumental challenge \u2013 the search groups have quite literally found the needle in the haystack,\u201d state Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson said at a press conference on Wednesday. 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