Radioactive capsule: WA

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Health warning issued over radioactive capsule lost on WA highway (SBS)

Authorities are concerned that someone could come across the radioactive capsule and pick it up without realising the radioactive danger of skin burns and ...

not knowing what they are actually dealing with," he said. "It emits both beta and gamma rays, so if you have contact or close to you, you could either end up with skin damage, including skin burns ... Credit: Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA

Tiny radioactive capsule goes missing in Western Australia (BBC News)

An urgent search is under way in Western Australia after a tiny capsule containing a radioactive substance went missing. The casing contains a small ...

"Our concern is that someone will pick it up, not knowing what it is," he said. Caesium-137 is a substance commonly used in mining operations. 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.

Radioactive capsule lost in Western Australia, sparking emergency ... (9News)

A tiny radioactive capsule has been lost between a mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region and Perth, sparking an urgent hazmat health warning.

"Do not touch or pick it up. "If you are very close to the material or touching it, the radiation risk increases immensely and could cause serious damage to your health, including causing radiation burns to the skin." "If you have touched the material, or have been close to it for an extended period, contact your local health practitioner or visit a hospital emergency department and tell them that you think you may have been exposed to radioactive material.

Radioactive capsule missing in WA (Sky News Australia)

A radioactive capsule the size of a 10-cent coin has been lost somewhere between a Pilbara mine and Perth in Western Australia. It has sparked a nationwide ...

WA health risk as tiny amount of radioactive substance lost in transit (WAtoday)

DFES has put out a warning about a capsule containing radioactive material which may have lodged in the tyres of anyone who travelled on the Great Northern ...

Risk to the general community is relatively low. “The capsule is small, round and silver. A small capsule filled with a radioactive substance has been lost in transit from Newman to Perth, prompting a public health warning by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services and a warning from the state’s top doctor that exposure to it may cause radiation illness.

Missing radioactive capsule: WA officials admit it was weeks before ... (The Guardian)

Fire and Emergency Services official says capsule left Rio Tinto mine site on 10 January but was not found missing for 15 days.

“If you are further than five metres away from the source, certainly if you are more than 20 metres away from the source, it will pose no danger to you,” he said. “Rio Tinto was informed of the missing capsule by a contractor on January 25,” a spokesman said. “If you see it [or] identify it, move away from the source, contact 13DFES and report it. “We have continued the search on strategic sites along the route that the vehicle had taken, concentrating on sites close to high-population areas within the metropolitan suburbs,” he said. “If it were kept long enough and they were exposed long enough, they could also have some acute effects, including impacts on their immune system and the gastrointestinal system.” “What we are not doing is trying to find a tiny little device by eyesight.