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Cesium-137

The real story behind Goiânia's nightmare

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In 1987, in Goiânia, two paper collectors find a radioactive capsule and sell it to the owner of a junkyard. Once the capsule is opened, more than 250 people end up contaminated by the substance called Cesium 137, being the biggest radiological accident in the history of Brazil.

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Language
Portuguese
  • based on true story
  • radioactivity
  • contamination
  • radioactive object or substance

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Brazil

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  • BrazilBR

    • Premiere10 Oct 1990

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Cesium-137 was released on 10 October 1990.

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