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For more let's speak to nigel marks, a radioactive substances specialist at curtin university in perth, whojoins us live. the first question that must be on everybody�*s minds is how do people go about looking for this? ., , ., this? the main thing you need is a machine _ this? the main thing you need is a machine that _ this? the main thing you need is a machine that detects - this? the main thing you need i is a machine that detects gamma rays, that's the main signal that the capsule admits and what is used for on the mind site. so people walking along the highway at first and now driving ...

Anyone going near it. i spoke to nigel marks, a radioactive substances specialist at curtin university in perth who started off by explaining what os needed for the search. the main thing you need is a machine that detects gamma rays so that's the main signal that the capsule emmits and it is what is used for on the mine site so people walking along the highway at first, and now driving along, with instruments that detect gamma radiation and returns click click clicks, a little bit like what some people would be familiar from geiger counters. in terms of how long authorities are planning to se...

And you drove past it, it would do anything to you, so, that really the main concern would be someone would find it or that it might get stuck, lodged in a tyre and then transported somewhere else, so i suppose what will probably happen is, if it is not found within a week or so, then it is probablyjust been flicked off somewhere by the side of the road, like any rock on a remote road, and it would probablyjust sit there in the middle of a desert and no—one would find it. nigel marks from curtin university, in perth. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the off...

On March 11, 2011, the meltdown of three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan became the world's second-worst nuclear disaster after the plant was hit by a tsunami following a strong earthquake.

On March 11, 2011, the meltdown of three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan became the world's second-worst nuclear disaster after the plant was hit by a tsunami following a strong earthquake.