Radioactive capsule missing in WA

Radioactive capsule missing in WA​

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 emergency alert as authorities warn the public to steer clear of the tiny item.
The object contains an amount of radiation equivalent to receiving 10 x-rays in one hour and can cause severe skin burns. Anyone who may have driven on the Great Northern Highway freight route since January 10 is asked to check their vehicle tyres for the object.​

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Search on for missing radioactive capsule in Australia​

• A small radioactive capsule has reportedly gone missing in Australia. ​
• It contains the radioactive substance Caesium-137.​
• The public was warned not to touch the capsule if found. ​

An urgent search was underway in Western Australia on Saturday after a tiny radioactive capsule was reported to have gone missing while being transported from a mine. The 8mm by 6mm silver capsule, which is used in mining operations, has been unaccounted for since mid-January, emergency services said. It contains the radioactive substance Caesium-137, according to Western Australia's Department of Health. The capsule is believed to have fallen off a truck while being moved to a storage facility. Health officials have warned it can cause radiation burns or sickness if handled. Fire and emergency services said the capsule was lost between the remote town of Newman and the suburbs of northern Perth, a distance of about 1 400 kilometres (870 miles). Officials have warned the public not to handle the capsule if found and to contact emergency services. Dr Andrew Robertson, chief health officer for Western Australia said: "The concern is someone will pick it up not knowing what they are dealing with." A fire service spokesperson said they are prioritising populated areas during the search, which could take weeks. Authorities were only alerted on Wednesday after the company responsible for the capsule realised it was missing, he added.​

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Radioactive Capsule Lost in Australia​

Authorities in Western Australia say they are looking for a missing radioactive capsule. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services said the capsule containing radioactive material was lost during transportation from north of Newman to Perth’s northeastern suburbs. Exposure to the material, used in gauges in mining, could cause radiation burns or radiation sickness, the department said. The small silver capsule measures 6 mm in diameter and is 8 mm tall. Workers are searching the Great Northern Highway for the capsule. Motorists have been urged to check their vehicles’ tires to see if the capsule has become lodged in the treads. People, however, have been warned to stay away from the capsule if they see it because it contains radioactive material.​

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[Rommelbutt]

Anyone up for hunting down that tiny radioactive capsule? Finders, keepers!

 

[Poppavalyim Andropoff]

fuck all in Western Australia but sand & clumps of abbo shit really

 

[heathercho]

Possible scenarios that I think everyone should consider :

1. What if some kinda creature picks it up and becomes a radioactive super creature. Like a 20 ft tall punching Kangaroo and it punches and hops its way across the Nullarbor and ends up at Parliament house, fights off the Abos on the lawn and then takes over the Country?
2. Or what if it has a whimsical adventure hitchhiking on people's tires and in some kid's toy box all around Australia ala Finding Nemo?
3. Or what if an Abo sniffs it and regresses into... whatever comes before proto-human?
4. Though, this is WA. Maybe Mark MacGowan sold it to the Chinese?

 

[Lady Adjani]

Why would a mining operation require a highly radioactive capsule in the first place?

 

[Mr.Miyagi]

Why would a mining operation require a highly radioactive capsule in the first place?

Nuclear densitometry or something similar, I'd bet.

 

[gaystoner]

CS-137 is not that dangerous. it'll be fine.

 

[Rommelbutt]

CS-137 is not that dangerous. it'll be fine.

I was told it's the equivalent of a chest x ray.

 

[kurosawa]

2 weeks before you notify the relevant authorities for emergency response? Yeah the subcontractor should have their permits revoked and will likely face fines. It might also be a case of just not having a receiving inspection process, in which case they might still be in violation but not willful.

I don't know much about Australia's regulations but it looks like ARPANSA contains the regulatory requirements.

 

[A Cardboard Box]

I was told it's the equivalent of a chest x ray.

So if anyone is in need of a checkup...

2 weeks before you notify the relevant authorities for emergency response? Yeah the subcontractor should have their permits revoked and will likely face fines. It might also be a case of just not having a receiving inspection process, in which case they might still be in violation but not willful.

I don't know much about Australia's regulations but it looks like ARPANSA contains the regulatory requirements.

This man is delusional, get him out of here.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

Goiânia incident, Abo and Roo Revenge DLC

 

[Florch]

fuck all in Western Australia but sand & clumps of abbo shit really

WA is not without a bit of sordid history.

Look up Banjawan station and it's happenings in the 1990s.

Tl;dr -
Japanese doomsday cult owned a remote station in WA throughout early 1990s.
Tested home-brewed nerve-agents on livestock before the 1995 Tokyo attacks.
In 1993 a 'seismic event' detected - cult had nuclear experts on staff at the time.

Sold off ~1994/95.

 

[Dysnomia]

CS-137 is not that dangerous. it'll be fine.

I believe it's that stuff that killed a bunch of people in Brazil in the 80s. Of course they were all poor peasants who thought the glow was cool and played around with it for days before someone got wise that it was really dangerous. A six year old girl painted the dust on her body and go some on her food. She died a horrible death.

 

[Doseferatu]

Here I am, halfway across the world with my Geiger counter.

Goddamn it.

 

[Johan Schmidt]

Some fucking abo ate it lol, now the cunt looks like a glowing one wandering the desert.

 

[derpi]

Guarantee somebody’s swallowed it by now.

 

[RodgerDodger]

Possible scenarios that I think everyone should consider :

1. What if some kinda creature picks it up and becomes a radioactive super creature. Like a 20 ft tall punching Kangaroo and it punches and hops its way across the Nullarbor and ends up at Parliament house, fights off the Abos on the lawn and then takes over the Country?
2. Or what if it has a whimsical adventure hitchhiking on people's tires and in some kid's toy box all around Australia ala Finding Nemo?
3. Or what if an Abo sniffs it and regresses into... whatever comes before proto-human?
4. Though, this is WA. Maybe Mark MacGowan sold it to the Chinese?

Fuck Kangaroo's, have you seen their fucking spiders? They're already the scariest things on the planet.

 

[A-Stump]

There's tons of radioactive material just laying around in sheds and ditches I wonder why they bother even telling anyone

 

[El Gordo Ramsay Sex Dwarf]

This is fine as long as you don't act like a tard around it. Hell, I've got a WW2 Navajo Codetalker TBY-8 that's slathered in enough Radium to give you about 20 chest X-Rays an hour. But the best one I have is a Soviet DP-2 ion chamber counter with an approx 10 R/hr Sr90 check source.

 

[Agamemnon Busmalis]

I believe it's that stuff that killed a bunch of people in Brazil in the 80s. Of course they were all poor peasants who thought the glow was cool and played around with it for days before someone got wise that it was really dangerous. A six year old girl painted the dust on her body and go some on her food. She died a horrible death.

It was, although in that case it was a larger amount of C-137 used for radiotherapy so they were exposed to much higher doses.