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Michael Ramsey

Radioactive capsule site cleared of contamination

The tiny radioactive capsule was found 74km south of Newman in WA's Pilbara region. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

No contamination has been detected at the site where a tiny radioactive capsule was discovered in remote Western Australia.

Search crews defied the odds to find the 8mm by 6mm item on the side of the Great Northern Highway, 74km south of Newman.

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