
No charges or fines over WA’s radioactive pill which fell from gauge while being trucked from Rio Tinto mine
An investigation into the disappearance of a potentially deadly radioactive mining capsule in outback Western Australia has concluded with no charges or fines laid. The item, measuring 8mm by 6mm, fell out of a density gauge while being trucked from a Rio Tinto mine in the Pilbara region to Perth in January. Search crews spent…