Authorities in Western Australia on Wednesday recovered a tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule that fell off a truck while being transported along a 1,400-kilometer (870-mile) Outback highway last month in what an official said was like finding the needle in the haystack. Officials said the capsule the size of a pea was found south of…
The radioactive capsule the size of a pea fell off a truck last month. “They have quite literally found the needle in the haystack,” an Australian official said.
A frantic six-day search across the desolate wastes of the Australian Outback finally found a lost pea-sized radioactive device Wednesday after it had fallen off the back of a truck.
A highly radioactive capsule that was lost while being transported in Western Australia in January has been found, according to authorities, ending the distressing search for an object that can cause skin burns and even cancer.