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A highly radioactive Cesium-137 capsule gone missing during transportation in Australia is found now
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A highly radioactive Cesium-137 capsule gone missing during transportation in Australia is found now

Authorities have found the highly radioactive capsule containing Cesium-137 that had gone missing during transportation in Australia. The authorities discovered the capsule in a remote area of South Australia. This location is several hundred kilometers away from where personnel reported it missing. The incident occurred last week. This happened when a truck carrying the radioactive material was traveling from a medical facility in the city of Adelaide. The truck was traveling to a waste disposal site in the town of Kimba. A security detail was escorting the truck, but somewhere along the way, they lost the capsule. Authorities immediately launched a search for the missing capsule. They feared that it could pose a significant risk to public safety if it fell into the wrong hands. Ce...