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Eddie Williams, Jesmine Cheong and Mark Foreman

Loss of radioactive capsule must be investigated, resources minister says

The federal resources minister says the loss and eventual recovery of a tiny radioactive capsule in Western Australia should prompt more care in the way such material is transported.

The loss of the radioactive widget as it was being transported by a Rio Tinto contractor from a Pilbara mine site to Perth, 1,400 kilometres away, sparked an emergency statewide search until it was recovered on Wednesday morning.

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