Ciudad Juárez Cobalt-60 Radiation Disaster
In December of 1983 a hospital maintenance worker at El Centro Médico de Especialidades in Ciudad Juarez Chihuahua was tasked with dismantling old equipment to sell for scrap metal at a local junkyard. What ensued was the largest nuclear disaster in North American History releasing 100 times more radiation then the partial nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island. Today, we’ll discuss how this nuclear disaster happened, how the incident was discovered, and some of the people that were affected. Follow us on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Threads @GreetingsTAC, email us at GreetingsTAC@gmail.com, or leave us a voicemail at 915-317-6669 if you have a story to share with us. If you like the show, leave us a review, tell a friend, and subscribe! 🖤💜❤️ Join our Patreon to hear our episodes a week early and receive other goodies! Only $2 a month! You can't even buy cigarettes for that price! 🖤💜❤️ Visit us on the web at TechnicallyAConversation.com Contest: https://www.technicallyaconversation.com/Contest Episode Page: https://www.technicallyaconversation.com/episodes/Ciudad-Juarez-Cobalt-60 Whiskey Pick: The Famous Grouse Listen To Ghost Town Follow them on Instagram Listen To The Story Of... Follow them on Instagram Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/15/style/king-charles-first-portrait-since-coronation-unveiled/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/01/science/nuclear-spill-at-juarez-looms-as-one-of-worst.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150208041927/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/01/science/nuclear-spill-at-juarez-looms-as-one-of-worst.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/07/28/spilled-isotope-injures-workers-in-junkyard/23b19ca7-e4da-4abc-b496-527b41fffecc/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_-vf8RBzuc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez_cobalt-60_contamination_incident