Someone fixin' tuh get fired: Australian radioactive nugget lost

[Parliament 14352]

As the search continues for a tiny radioactive capsule in Western Australia, the state's deputy premier says there needs to be a review into how it disappeared.  The tiny radioactive source was part of a radiation gauge used commonly to measure radioactivity in oil and gas processing plants.  It was lost in transit somewhere along a 1,400 kilometre journey between a Rio Tinto mine site in WA's north, and a depot in the suburb of Malaga about 11km north of Perth's CBD, between January 11 and January 16.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-29/call-for-review-into-disappearance-of-radioactive-capsule/101904900

 

[RPM 26368]

Crikey!

[crash_davis 23118]

Some dude 3D printed the capsule. 

[smuggs 9354]

As if Australia needed more dangerous animals. Now there are going to be giant plutonium toads all over the fucking place.

 

 

 

Edited January 30, 2023 by smuggs

[Pato del Muerto 52640]

If only it emitted some sort of signal to help locate it

[Guest]

DQA: Is this honestly any sort of deal? Seems like an attention-grabbing headline but losing a tiny bit in the middle of the desert seems to be not that concerning.

[Armybrat 40940]

Probably where all the single socks are, or my wife’s cellphone.

[Parliament 14352]

Or every phone charger I ever bought.

[Pescado_Rojo 19444]

16 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

If only it emitted some sort of signal to help locate it

Should have put an AirTag on it. 

[Wiler77 1579]

Do they not have a "Find My Tiny Radioactive Capsule" app?  It's 2023 for fuck's sake.

[CooterBrown 18034]

Seems like this should’ve been in a large lead lined carrying case that’s impossible to misplace instead of just bouncing around in the cup holder of a ‘97 Hilux.

[pantone159 719]

1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

If only it emitted some sort of signal to help locate it

It does of course, and so if this has really not fallen far off the road, it will not take too long to find it, even if they have to look for thousands of miles. Gamma ray spectroscopy FTW!

 

[miguelito 11332]

[Steel Shank 9434]

This news has me wanting to bang a bunch of hot Australian chicks.

[Deej 76983]

I thought "radioactive nugget" was a term of endearment for children born around Chernobyl?

[C-Man 27286]

Is this how Mad Max started?

[Viper 12112]

22 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

This news has me wanting to bang a bunch of hot Australian chicks.

and have them make you a vegemite sandwich afterwards?

[bernorange 8367]

[crash_davis 23118]

59 minutes ago, Deej said:

I thought "radioactive nugget" was a term of endearment for children born around Chernobyl?

It's what happens 5 hours after you eat $40 worth of Taco Bell.

[Kennythetiger 9484]

2 hours ago, Steel Shank said:

This news has me wanting to bang a bunch of hot Australian chicks.

#1. Always and forever. 

[EuroHorn 3272]

I’m sure we’re about to see more of these

 

[EuroHorn 3272]

11 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

#1. Always and forever. 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

41 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

#1. Always and forever. 

I found the nuggets.

[Pescado_Rojo 19444]

3 hours ago, crash_davis said:

It's what happens 5 hours after you eat $40 worth of Taco Bell.

No, that's radioactive liquid. 

[GenXer 3039]

Never fear. Men are At Work on the case of the missing nugget

 

Edited January 30, 2023 by GenXer

[Viper 12112]

username checks out

[HamsterHookah 112]

7 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

DQA: Is this honestly any sort of deal? Seems like an attention-grabbing headline but losing a tiny bit in the middle of the desert seems to be not that concerning.

The route was 870 miles long and the capsule is smaller than a penny.

But what it lacks in size, the capsule makes up for in radiation. Containing the radioactive isotope cesium-137, the capsule emits the equivalent of 10 X-rays in an hour. Contact could cause burns, radiation sickness, and skin damage, and prolonged exposure could lead to cancer.

So, what’s it even used for? Mining companies deploy these capsules as sensors to calculate things like the thickness of pipes. The mining company that managed to lose this capsule, industry giant Rio Tinto, apologized and said it was launching an investigation into the perplexing circumstances of how this tiny object fell off a truck.

[RDCanecutter 26484]

I'd look for the glowing pawnshop.

[NAVY 6747]

Meh. Radiation isn’t bad for you. That’s a bunch of pernicious nonsense
 

 

[chainsaw 9879]

Not great, not terrible.

[Underdog 28809]

[YGIFS 19453]

well the new music video from the Firm sounds lit as fuck.

[FartingMonk 3608]

Its probably in a box that's why it's so hard to find.  Those things are about 5 curie sources.  They'd just has to send a NIST plane in that area and they would pick up something way greater than background.  If it was in a lead box like it should be.  Then it would be like finding a small suitcase in a desert.

[tbone_ 14203]

#1. Always and forever. 

[27-25 2056]

Cesium 137 potentially in the hands of people who don't even know what it is.  Where have I heard of that before?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goiânia_accident

[CycleTex87 2982]

csb/ I once imported one of these small radioactive elements into Nigeria for a similar measuring device.  My God, the paperwork required, you can’t even imagine/csb

[bluto 4943]

4 hours ago, 27-25 said:

Cesium 137 potentially in the hands of people who don't even know what it is.  Where have I heard of that before?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goiânia_accident

I like this one too. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Juárez_cobalt-60_contamination_incident

[atomheartbevo 89859]

35 minutes ago, CycleTex87 said:

csb/ I once imported one of these small radioactive elements into Nigeria for a similar measuring device.  My God, the paperwork required, you can’t even imagine/csb

Try getting one through an airport and on an airliner in your carry-on if you want to talk about paperwork and legal hassles.

Pre-9/11, very easy though.

[CycleTex87 2982]

Reminds me of this:

 

[Telegraph_it 3360]

At my company you would probably get promoted. 

[FartingMonk 3608]

Not even the CARNE will help that get through any quicker

[RPM 26368]

Just needed a walkabout with a Geiger counter

[27-25 2056]

6 hours ago, RPM said:

Just needed a walkabout with a Geiger counter

A micro cache in "Western Australia".  Even with a radioactive marker hint, that's a seriously good geocache find.

[HornsOverIthaca 2335]

On 1/30/2023 at 8:45 AM, CooterBrown said:

Seems like this should’ve been in a large lead lined carrying case that’s impossible to misplace instead of just bouncing around in the cup holder of a ‘97 Hilux.

To be fair, the '97 Hilux is more indestructible than the lead lined carrying case.

 

This YouTube channel has lots of videos about different radiation disaters, https://www.youtube.com/@PlainlyDifficult, such as the Goiania incident.

[FartingMonk 3608]

We had a whole book on radiation incidents when I was on the submarine.  The wildest one was I believe Argentina.  A truck crashed and they looted it.  Like 40 people died from acute radiation poisoning from moving material

[Sawbonz 27667]

On 1/30/2023 at 3:31 PM, GenXer said:

Never fear. Men are At Work on the case of the missing nugget

 

They burned the Midnight Oil to find it