Australia is searching the desert for a dangerous radioactive capsule smaller than a penny

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Originally published at: Australia is searching the desert for a dangerous radioactive capsule smaller than a penny | Boing Boing

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The capsule was not lost through cartoonish buffoonery, but through an almost cinematic series of events.

I look forward to the heartwarming tale of its journey home through the hardships of the Australian Outback, and the many friends it makes along the way.

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I hope for the appearance of a radioactively created SuperRoo

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I do not look forward to the rise of the deadliest radioactive spiders and snakes on the planet.

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Can’t they just drive down the road with a geiger counter? Is it really harder than that?

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Away with you and your common sense man…

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Conversation at my house a while ago:

Me: If Chameleons became deathclaws, imagine what a Fallout Australia would be like
Wife: Australia IS Fallout.

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“Clearly if you can have a few screws come undone and then a bolt missing and then your source escapes, that just isn’t enough protection.”

The Radscuers Down Under

The Rio Tinte mine is 1,400 kilometers away from Malaga. Have fun.

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That’s also assuming it didn’t end up in somebody’s treads and could be anywhere.

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(It’s a joke and a brilliant one at that with the “radiation” affecting the camera :sweat_smile:)

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So good. Should they have used “tyre” instead?

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I wouldn’t have noticed the dots on the image indicating radiation if you hadn’t pointed it out.

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It is sooo perfectly subtle that way.

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All the proponents of new nuclear power plants: “It’s totally and completely safe. Stop worrying about what will happen with the waste, we’ll take good care of it!”

Me: (pointing at this story and laughing)

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I’m thinking Tank Girl but your mileage might vary

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Hopefully they’ll find it and it won’t turn deadly like this incident

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Source control can be a problem, too. It’s over a decade old now, but Tom Zoellner’s Uranium went a bit into uncontrolled mining at Shinkolobwe.

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It will be a glowing movie!

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Didn’t George Miller make a series of documentaries about this?

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Maybe they should create a reality show of D-list celebrities, influencers, and other social media riffraff where they search the outback for it.

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