>The Goiânia accident [ɡojˈjɐniɐ] was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred on September 13, 1987, in Goiânia, in the Brazilian state of Goiás, after a forgotten radiotherapy source was taken from an abandoned hospital site in the city. It was subsequently handled by many people, resulting in four deaths. About 112,000 people were examined for radioactive contamination and 249 were found to have significant levels of radioactive material in or on their bodies.[1][2]
In the cleanup operation, topsoil had to be removed from several sites, and several houses were demolished. All the objects from within those houses were removed and examined. Time magazine has identified the accident as one of the world's "worst nuclear disasters" and the International Atomic Energy Agency called it "one of the world's worst radiological incidents".[3][4]
On September 13, 1987, taking advantage of the absence of the guard,[7] Roberto dos Santos Alves and Wagner Mota Pereira illegally entered the partially demolished facility. They partially disassembled the teletherapy unit, and placed the source assembly – which they thought might have some scrap value – in a wheelbarrow, taking it to Alves's home.[1] There, they began dismantling the equipment. That same evening, they both began to vomit. Nevertheless, they continued in their efforts. The following day, Pereira began to experience diarrhea and dizziness, and his left hand began to swell. He soon developed a burn on this hand in the same size and shape as the aperture – he eventually underwent partial amputation of several fingers.[8]
On September 15, Pereira visited a local clinic where his symptoms were diagnosed as the result of something he had eaten, and he was told to return home and rest.[1] Alves, however, continued with his efforts to dismantle the equipment. In the course of this effort, he eventually freed the caesium capsule from its protective rotating head. His prolonged exposure to the radioactive material led to his right forearm becoming ulcerated, requiring amputation.[9]
Easton White
Source is partially broken
On September 16, Alves succeeded in puncturing the capsule's aperture window with a screwdriver, allowing him to see a deep blue light coming from the tiny opening he had created.[1] He inserted the screwdriver and successfully scooped out some of the glowing substance. Thinking it was perhaps a type of gunpowder, he tried to light it, but the powder would not ignite. The exact mechanism by which the light was generated was not known at the time the IAEA report was written, though it was thought to be either ionized air glow, fluorescence or Cherenkov radiation associated with the absorption of moisture by the source; similar blue light was observed in 1988 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory during the disencapsulation of a 137Cs source.[1]
Source is sold and dismantled
On September 18, Alves sold the items to a nearby scrapyard. That night, Devair Alves Ferreira (the owner of the scrapyard) noticed the blue glow from the punctured capsule. Thinking the capsule's contents were valuable or even supernatural, he immediately brought it into his house. Over the next three days, he invited friends and family to view the strange glowing substance.
On September 21, at the scrapyard, one of Ferreira's friends (given as EF1 in the IAEA report) succeeded in freeing several rice-sized grains of the glowing material from the capsule using a screwdriver. Ferreira began to share some of them with various friends and family members. That same day, his wife, 37-year-old Gabriela Maria Ferreira, began to fall ill. On September 25, 1987, Devair Ferreira sold the scrap metal to a second scrapyard.
Gavin Perry
Ivo and his daughter
The day before the sale to the second scrapyard, on September 24, Ivo, Devair's brother, successfully scraped some additional dust out of the source and took it to his house a short distance away. There he spread some of it on the concrete floor. His six-year-old daughter, Leide das Neves Ferreira, later ate a sandwich while sitting on this floor. She was also fascinated by the blue glow of the powder, applying it to her body and showing it off to her mother. Dust from the powder fell on the sandwich she was consuming; she eventually absorbed 1.0 GBq and received a total dose of 6.0 Gy, more than a fatal dose even with treatment.[10]
Gabriela Maria Ferreira notifies authorities
Gabriela Maria Ferreira had been the first to notice that many people around her had become severely ill at the same time.[11] On September 28, 1987 — fifteen days after the item was found — she reclaimed the materials from the rival scrapyard and transported them to a hospital. Because the remains of the source were kept in a plastic bag, the level of contamination at the hospital was low.
Who thought it would be a good idea to let monkeys use nuclear?
Christopher Campbell
>That night, Devair Alves Ferreira (the owner of the scrapyard) noticed the blue glow from the punctured capsule. Thinking the capsule's contents were valuable or even supernatural, he immediately brought it into his house. Over the next three days, he invited friends and family to view the strange glowing substance.
It's like that monkey scene in 2001 space odyssey where all the monkeys are touching the obelisk.
Ian Collins
>didn't read it
Caleb Butler
Does Brazil not have an equivalent to our Nuclear Energy Commission who are specifically around to ensure radioactive material like this is properly accounted for and disposed of safely?
Justin Taylor
Probably only the developed parts
James Gutierrez
>esse samefag discarado
Ninguém aqui vai ler esse textão, anão.
Eli Sanders
If you think this history is funny, ask me to tell you the time that Brazil take the first black to Antarctica and he set our research station on fire because he was lazy.
Spoil: 2 people die looking for him while he hide outside...
Also, the official history told by the guy was that he found that in the scrap yard where he work. But it's actually false. He and other 2 niggers where invading a closed hospital and stealing cooper wire, batteries and what they could find. They break into the x ray machine and stole the lead capsule to sell as scrap metal. Not sure if OP told, but when one of the guys escape hospital, he pee in 2 poles that needed to be removed.
I read about this again like 2 days ago. Holy shit how can macacos be so retarded. That part when the kid rolls around in nuclear debris is the most hilarious.
Adam Cooper
People here also swim in the fucking water when a flood happens
Matthew Hill
>People here way to identify yourself, favelado
Ian King
where did you read it?
Wyatt Gray
Why not? Are you afraid of getting impaled by debris? Or maybe get sick because muhh rat piss. Just say to yourself Carpe diem, take your cloths off and go for a swim.
Luke Morales
Tell me
Brandon Anderson
>esses macacos forçando a thread achando que alguem vai ler
Perdi
Thomas Edwards
>thinking it was perhaps supernatural Jesus Makes me think about these plans Nuclear waste disposal sites have to keep people away using religion and huge markers. When I first read about these I thought it was a bit silly, I guess I forget how many stupid people there are out there.
Yeah it's an interesting topic. I think not marking the sites at all is the best option. Think about it, would you take seriously a warning from 3000 years ago? Would it not just make you more curious?
>the reddit space meme ironically a foolproof way to spot a redditor
Alright. Back in time, we where ruled by leftists, and they really want to promote diversity (outside the party, because they demmm hate negros around). After look for a black scientists (which they could not find in a country with 200M habs), they hand pick a sgt and send him to Antarctica to do menial jobs. His job that day was simple. Turn the bomb that pump kerosene inside the diesel heater (diesel became a mess under low temperatures), wait the process is over, and them take the rest of the time as he please. Being a negro, and having only one fucking job, he turn the pump on, and leave the place. The tank fill up, and kerosene run over a hot engine. After her the explosion, our sgt run away without saying nothing. And 2 other military that did not know where the fucker was, went to look for him in the flames. Both died looking for a guy that run 1km away and hide behind some rocks... Brazil lost decades of research few millions worth in investment.
And this is the history of the first black in Antarctica ruined everything.
Isaiah Torres
Don't you fucking dare to talk to me you fucking anglo
Isaiah Evans
>not marking at all Maybe But you never know how the earth will change in so much time, an area that is uninhabited and hostile today could be a major metropolis in 1000 if not 10 000 years Imagine some retards digging and stumbling upon some “tomb” bigger than that of any Pharaoh, how do you think they would react? I think the dogmatic religion is the best option, like in the Foundation series.
Chase Cruz
Also how do you ensure no one remember where the site is?? Do you kill everyone who worked on it and their families and anyone who comes near? Do you set up a small group of elite guards to kill anyone who tries to investigate?
Dominic Torres
Imagine retards cracking open some of the tanks/barrels to take secret gubment juice.
>Criticality was reached upon the technicians adding a seventh bucket of an aqueous uranyl nitrate solution to the tank. The nuclear fission chain reaction became self-sustaining and began emitting intense gamma and neutron radiation. At the time of the event, Ouchi had his body draped over the tank while Shinohara stood on a platform to pour the solution into it; Yokokawa was sitting at a desk four meters away. All three technicians observed a blue flash (possibly Cherenkov radiation) and gamma-radiation alarms sounded.
>Technicians Ouchi and Shinohara immediately experienced pain, nausea, difficulty breathing, and other symptoms. Ouchi then began to vomit in the decontamination room a few minutes later and lost consciousness shortly after
Christian Taylor
lol
Ian Cruz
I think the main problem is the question of whether people will know about the danger of radiation or not. And even if they do know the danger, they won't necessarily understand symbols for danger. A nuclear symbol will probably mean nothing to them. There's no perfect way to communicate danger to a people completely removed from you
Dominic Morgan
Yea but not telling them anything is even more dangerous I think Imagine favela monkeys finding a massive burial complex full of fancy high tech stuff and magical glowing material that is hot to the touch. Plus making people forget is difficult, harder than instilling some sense of foreboding or general knowledge to stay away
Austin Bennett
Just have a series of photos of people dying by radiation
Sebastian Hughes
How do you make sure people understand the photos in thousands of years?
David White
Nuclear waste warnings are a very interesting topic Think even about what things humans have that have lasted 10 000 years or more
