O acidente radiológico com o Césio-137, os servidores públicos e o Governo do Estado de Goiás : negligência, abandono e silêncio (1987-2021)

Abstract

Brazil is among the countries with the highest rate of victims with radioactivity accidents, with serious damage to the population and the environment. We highlight here the radiological accident that occurred in Goiânia/GO, in September 1987. The conflict map of the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) shows that the accident with cesium-137 was recognized as the second largest in the world, behind Chernobyl. Among the victims are concentrated people with little or no level of education, mostly workers. Among the objectives of the present are the search for the historical understanding of how the process of the State's power relationship with public servants took place, as victims of the radiological accident and to verify in what situation these servants are (how they live) after 34 (thirty-four) years of contamination. For the development of research that addresses the power relationship between the state government and public servants who became victims while working to overcome the contamination crisis in the streets of Goiânia, we considered the testimonies/reports by the surviving victims of how it happened the accident with the radioactive element cesium-137. We use texts from scholars who have dedicated themselves to researching the theme to guide our trajectory and foundation, as they emphasize radiological accidents in various aspects. Our discussions take as reference the role played by the State as an institution at the service of the bourgeoisie, through the wide use of administrative-bureaucratic, ideological and repressive apparatus to defend its interests and maintain its privileges. In order to better understand the role of the State and its relationship with society, we seek to analyze how the relationships between the elements/instances that make up the superstructure in its complexity occur.