A NETFLIX SERIES
RADIOACTIVE EMERGENCY
We are here to talk about the Goiânia radiological accident.
As soon as we heard the news we had a meeting to discuss the matter.
We weren’t happy with that because that waste would’ve been sent to our land.
If you knew how I cry
And how I beg...
OUT WITH CESIUM, OUT WITH CNEN
DAY 30
NO CESIUM!
GOIÂNIA GENERAL HOSPITAL
CAUTION RADIOACTIVE AREA
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
DAY 45
NO RADIATION HERE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
NO RADIOACTIVE WASTE HERE
CESIUM OUT
NOT HERE
JONAS ALMEIDA ADMIRAL
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
JOURNALISTS
NO TO CESIUM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
NO ATOMIC WASTE IN GOIÁS
NOT HERE!
NO RADIOACTIVE WASTE HERE
GOIÂNIA GENERAL HOSPITAL
15 DECEMBER 1987
AUTO REPAIR LP
57 STREET
THE RADIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT IN GOIÂNIA IS CONSIDERED
THE MOST SERIOUS OUTSIDE A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN THE WORLD.
FIVE PROFESSIONALS FROM THE GOIÁS RADIOTHERAPY INSTITUTE
WERE CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER.
CNEN WAS ORDERED TO PAY 1 MILLION REAS TO GUARANTEE MEDICAL CARE FOR THE VICTIMS.
OVER 1000 PEOPLE WORKED IN DECONTAMINATION EFFORTS
AND IN VICTIM SUPPORT.
THE PROTOCOLS CREATED BY BRAZILIAN PHYSICISTS, CHEMISTS AND DOCTORS
BECAME A WORLD REFERENCE AND WERE ADOPTED
BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION.
OVER 6,000 TONS OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE WERE GENERATED.
ALMOST 40 YEARS LATER, THERE HAVE BEEN NO INCIDENTS AT THE SITE.
THE BUILDING WHERE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT USED TO BE NOW HOUSES
THE LEIDE DAS NEVES STATE CENTER FOR RADIOACTIVE ACCIDENT ASSISTANCE,
WHICH CONTINUES TO MONITOR AND CARE FOR SURVIVING VICTIMS.
IN ADDITION TO THE FIRST FOUR DEATHS DUE TO CESIUM-137 CONTAMINATION,
THE ASSOCIATION OF VICTIMS OF CESIUM-137 CLAIMS THAT 16 OTHERS DIED
OF DISEASES RELATED TO THE RADIOLOGICAL LEAKAGE.
IN MEMORY OF THE PHYSICISTS, CHEMISTS AND DOCTORS WHO WORKED ON THE ACCIDENT.
BUT, ABOVE ALL, IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS
WHO CARRY THE MARKS OF CESIUM FOREVER. S AND SURVIVORS