The Blue Flash That Killed Them: 1958 #truestory #nucleardisaster #history #movie #radiation

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:01]October 15, 1958, Yugoslavia.

[00:00:13]Vinča Nuclear Institute, just outside Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

[00:00:24]Six young scientists were running an experiment inside a research reactor when it suddenly went critical.

[00:00:31]A blinding blue flash. They had just seconds to realize they were receiving lethal doses of radiation.

[00:00:41]Within hours, within hours, their bodies began shutting down from the inside.

[00:00:51]Flown secretly to Paris, doctors attempted something never done before on humans.

[00:01:01]One man died, but against all odds, the other five survived.

[00:01:12]This accident changed radiation medicine forever.

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