‘Needle in a haystack’: Search over after radioactive capsule found in WA outback

A tiny radioactive capsule missing in Western Australia’s outback has been found. WA Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson confirmed the “needle in a haystack” was discovered after 11am just south of Newman on Wednesday. “The search groups have quite literally found the needle in the haystack,” he said. Authorities believe the capsule fell out of a bolthole in a mining gauge sometime between January 12 and January 16 while in transit to Perth from Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri iron ore mine.

在西澳大利亚州内陆地区丢失的一枚极小的放射性胶囊已经被找回。西澳州紧急服务部部长 Stephen Dawson 确认“大海中的针”在周三上午 11 点于纽曼正南方被找回。“这支搜查队真正地完成了大海捞针的壮举。”他说。 当局确信，1 月 12 日至 15 日之间，这一枚胶囊在被从力拓的 Gudai-Darri 矿区运往珀斯的途中，从一台采矿测量仪器的缝隙中掉了下来。

tips

radioactive adj. 放射性的

capsule n. 胶囊，太空舱

gauge n. 测量仪器，判断方法；v. 估计，判断