Authorities are investigating the loss of an industrial gauge with a radioactive source somewhere on a 1,000 hectare steelworks site on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula.
A radioactive piece of material is missing at a steelworks site on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, prompting an investigation by authorities.Authorities are trying to track down a radioactive industrial gauge that was reported missing in SA three weeks agoThe Environment Protection Authority does not believe it poses a risk to workers or the public
In a statement, the EPA said the container, designed to shield a source 100 times larger, meant radiation levels were difficult to detect "if the item was under waste material". "But it is something that obviously should not happen and when we were notified by OneSteel we immediately mobilised our emergency response team to the site to confirm there was no immediate risk to workers or the public," Mr Baldry said.Based on its assessment of the incident, and the fact the radioactive material has decayed to 100th of its original activity, the EPA said in a statement that it "does not believe the gauge poses a risk to workers or the public".
"And on that basis we don't think there is a risk, however it should not be allowed to be collected up with the waste and put into the waste pile," he said. In a statement, a spokesperson for the steelworks' umbrella company GFG Alliance said the measurement device was "moved during maintenance works"."A radiation expert has been engaged. The device is not considered to present a risk to worker or public health."Dr Edward Obbard, a nuclear materials engineer at the University of New South Wales, said radiation was penetrating and "shines through things like steel".
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