Uranium Production’s History of Environmental Injustice – and Why it Matters Today

From project introduction: “A People’s Atlas of Nuclear Colorado invites users to explore nuclear geographies, policy issues, artistic responses, and personal and scholarly reflections on the U.S. nuclear complex. Colorado is a microcosm of the U.S. nuclear apparatus. The state has seen uranium mining, plutonium processing, underground defense posts and labs, active air force bases, […]

Stephanie Malin

Rising fossil fuel prices and concerns about greenhouse gas emissions are fostering a nuclear power renaissance and a revitalized uranium mining industry across the American West. In The Price of Nuclear Power, environmental sociologist Stephanie Malin offers an on-the-ground portrait of several uranium communities caught between the harmful legacy of previous mining booms and the […]