Die #OrphanSource aus #Australien wurde 50 Kilometer vor der Kleinstadt #Newman gefunden. /MS https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/australien-verlorene-radioaktive-kapsel-nach-tagelanger-suche-wiedergefunden-a-0750a33d-6694-4a64-b3d5-a21afb7a2bda

In der Fachsprache nennt man solche verlorenen Strahlungsquellen #OrphanSource. Derartige Ereignisse führen regelmäßig zu Strahlenkatastrophen - am Bekanntesten sind #Goiânia (#Brasilien) und #Lia (#Georgien). /MS https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_source

An industrial #Radioactive Source of Caesium-137 is missing in #Australia.
It's smaller than a penny and fell off a truck somewhere along a road roughly the distance from LA to Denver.
#OrphanSource ☢️

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64429375

If you live in #WesternAustralia and drive between Perth and Newman - be on the lookout - there’s an orphan radioactive source currently missing in that area.

If you happen to chance upon it, get at least five meters away from it before immediately calling Emergency Services.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-27/radioactive-capsule-lost-in-wa-emergency-public-health-warning/101901472

#Radiation #Emergency #OrphanSource #Nuclear