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Therac-25 Radiation Machine Failure

Therac-25 Radiation Machine Failure

Written by: Inception Point Ai
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 When radiation therapy software goes catastrophically wrong, patients die in agony—and nobody believes it's happening. Join Alexandra Reeves as she dissects the Therac-25 disasters, where race conditions, removed safety interlocks, and corporate denial transformed cancer treatment machines into instruments of invisible death, revealing how a few lines of bad code can kill.

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  • Therac-25 Radiation Machine Failure - Malfunction 54 (Press P to Proceed)

    Therac-25 Radiation Machine Failure - Malfunction 54 (Press P to Proceed)
    Apr 8 2026
    Join Alexandra Reeves as she examines the Therac-25 radiation therapy machine disasters of the 1980s, when cryptic error codes, ignored warnings, and corporate denial led to lethal radiation overdoses. This episode explores how Atomic Energy of Canada Limited dismissed reports while patients died, and why pressing "Proceed" became a death sentence.

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    24 mins
  • Therac-25 Radiation Machine Failure - The Eight-Second Window

    Therac-25 Radiation Machine Failure - The Eight-Second Window
    Apr 8 2026
    Alexandra Reeves explores the Therac-25 radiation therapy disasters, where software bugs—including a race condition triggered by fast typing and a counter overflow—caused catastrophic overdoses that killed cancer patients. She dissects how removing hardware safety interlocks and relying solely on unaudited code turned a medical device into a lethal weapon.

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    45 mins
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