The Therac-25 was a computer-controlled radiation therapy machine produced by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited in 1982 after the Therac-6 and Therac-20 units.
The Goiânia accident, also known locally as the caesium-137 accident/caesium-137 Goiânia, was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred on September 13, 1987, in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, after
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A photograph of the radioactive source involved in the 1987 accident.