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Well There's Your Problem | Episode 28: Goiânia Incident

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What it is

An episode of the Well There's Your Problem podcast on the 1987 Goiania radiological accident in Brazil, based largely on the IAEA report. It goes through the event day by day.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a good, detailed podcast account whenever the Goiania incident or lost radioactive sources come up.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “There’s a good Well There’s Your Problem episode about this”

    Good episode on the Goiania accident.

    smcl, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “Australians Scour Desert for Dangerous Radioactive Capsule Smaller Than a Penny”

  2. “Goes into detail day by day about the events”

    Day by day account of the event, celebrating heroes.

    Pxtl, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “Goiânia Accident”

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Topics: goiania, radiation accident, cesium-137, engineering failures, history

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