Search continues for radioactive capsule missing somewhere in WA

RIO Tinto has issued an apology to the Western Australian community following the alarming loss of a radioactive density gauge, that is still missing somewhere between Gudai-Darri and Perth, after falling from a truck in transit.

WA CHO Robertson reporting the loss of the capsule

30 January 2023
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Authorities revealed on January 27 that the small capsule - used to measure the density of iron ore feed in the crushing circuit of the fixed plant - went missing somewhere over a 1400km stretch of

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