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Also: “... we’re a sophisticated nuclear nation and in many ways, we’re world leaders that punch above our weight when it comes to nuclear expertise and stewar

Also: “... we’re a sophisticated nuclear nation and in many ways, we’re world leaders that punch above our weight when it comes to nuclear expertise and stewardship." The stewardship claim bit seems maybe a bit overstated considering they weren't able to secure an object the size of a button leading to it "falling off the back of a truck" My minds eye is seeing a crocodile Dundee type holding a beer in one hand and carefully balancing the capsule next to a sleeping kangaroo on a truck bed and securing it one handed with twine.

SanjayMehta 4y ago
Your minds eye didn't see the koala riding shotgun?
willcipriano 4y ago
"Call that a radiation source? Now that's a radiation source. " he said between bouts of violent vomiting.
swalberg 4y ago
> The stewardship claim bit seems maybe a bit overstated considering they weren't able to secure an object the size of a button leading to it "falling off the back of a truck" As I understand it, this wasn't fuel, it was part of an instrument used by a mining company to measure the density of iron ore. The mining company (or a contractor depending on what you read) are the ones that lost it, the Australian government agency just came in to help find it.
- argiopetech 4y ago
  And, it was secured inside an instrument inside a box strapped to a truck. The instrument had an unplanned disassembly in transit, and the cesium capsule fell through a hole in the bottom of the box, presumably used to bolt it down to its previous location. Failure to secure that hole (and any others in the box) was, in my opinion, the true failure of the mining company in this case.