S2E151 - Goiânia Cesium 137 Incident
Published: May 11, 2026
Duration: 18:46
In September of 1987 two looters in Goiânia, Brazil, stole an unattended device carrying the highly radioactive Cesium 137. After breaking open the device, the radioactive material spread throughout the city, causing massive panic and taking four lives.
Sources
https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub815_web.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident
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