Do you know the story of the biggest radiological accident that happened outside a nuclear plant in Brazil in 1985, Cesium-137?

A series of tweets from @albugayrque (in Portuguese) explains with images how this event went, which started when the Instituto Goiano de Radioterapia stopped operating and a teletherapy equipment was abandoned.

So garbage hunters took what was left on site, including a cesium capsule. And that was when the “little room” that glowed a greenish blue caused a tragedy.

Check out the full story at: bit.ly/twittercesium137