The casing, which was just a millimeter in size, fell out of its container during transport from a mine to a warehouse near the city of Perth.
After days of searching, experts in Western Australia found a radioactive capsule that had fallen from a truck. Response teams discovered the tiny and very dangerous capsule about 50 kilometers south of the mining town of Newman, broadcaster ABC reported on Wednesday, citing the region’s government.
The casing, just a millimeter in size, fell out of its container during transport from a mine north of Newman to a warehouse near the city of Perth. Since then, experts have used detectors to comb the 1,400-kilometer route. The media had written that the venture was like looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack.
A user on the online platform Reddit recreated the tiny capsule on a 3D printer to illustrate just how small the sought after piece really was.
via Portal(APA/dpa)