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The price of nuclear power : uranium communities and environmental justice /

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 ura...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Malin, Stephanie A., 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Colección:Nature, society, and culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Acknowledgements -- Introduction: the paradox of uranium production in a neoliberal era -- Booms, busts, and bombs : uranium's economic and environmental justice history in the US -- Lethal legacies in uranium communities : left in the dust in Monticello, Utah -- A transnational corporation comes home : the Piñon Ridge uranium mill & sites of resistance and acceptance to renewed uranium production -- "Just hangin' on by a thread" : spatial isolation, persistent poverty, and social dislocation in uranium communities -- "Better regs" in an era of deregulation : neoliberalized narratives of uranium industry regulatory compliance -- Conclusions and solutions : social sustainability and localized energy justice -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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