Goiânia Incident
Named in 1 episode title on this site. Kind: nuclear-radiological.
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Place | Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil |
| Kind | nuclear-radiological |
| Toll, as stated | 4 (deaths); 249 contaminated (injuries) -- Wikipedia infobox, Infobox event (fetched 2026-09-20) |
| Wikipedia | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident |
After the problem: the environment
| Ecological impact | Cs-137 chloride source from an abandoned radiotherapy unit scavenged and spread across Goiânia, Brazil, Sept 1987; >150 people received doses >0.1 Gy |
|---|---|
| Mechanism / vector | contamination — Cs-137 chloride powder from a discarded teletherapy source spread by hand/skin and airborne dust |
| Remediation class | long-lived-radiological |
| Remediation status | Brazilian federal/state authorities (CNEN, Goiás state health dept) responded; a dedicated state Cs-137 health program still runs |
| Interest (0–5) | 5 |
Sources
- pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8625952 (fetched 2026-09-20)
- goias.gov.br/saude/cesio-137-goiania (fetched 2026-09-20)
Episodes that name it
- Episode 28: Goiânia incident — Well There's Your Problem, 2020-06-03