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Rio Tinto 'sorry' for losing radioactive capsule in Western Australia
The solid, silver-coloured cylinder is smaller than a human fingernail -- just 8mm by 6mm -- but the authorities say it contains enough Caesium-137 to cause acute radiation sickness
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By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
Mining giant Rio Tinto apologised Monday for losing a tiny but dangerously radioactive capsule that fell off a truck along a 1,400-kilometre-long stretch of road in Western Australia.
The solid, silver-coloured