Tracing the Atom Nuclear Legacies in Russia and Central Asia

This book is about nuclear legacies in Russia and Central Asia, focusing on selected sites of the Soviet atomic program, many of which have remained understudied. Nuclear operations, for energy or military purposes, demanded a vast infrastructure of production and supply chains that have transformed...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bauer, Susanne (Editor), Bauer, Susanne, editor (editor), Penter, Tanja, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Taylor & Francis 2022
2022.
Edición:First edition
Colección:Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tracing the atom. Nuclear legacies in Russia and Central Asia / Susanne Bauer and Tanja Penter
  • The nuclear landscape as a garden. An envirotechnical history of Shevchenko/Aqtau, 1959-2019 / Stefan Guth
  • Radiation expertise in the nuclear landscapes of the Southern Urals in the 1950s and 1960s / Laura Sembritzki
  • Between profession and politics : specialists in radiation medicine at the Combine No. 817 in the Chelyabinsk Region / Olga Nikonova
  • Nuclear relationalities : contextualizing the uranium mining and production sites in Khujand/Leninabad / Sophie Roche
  • The satanic cosmic force : nuclear arms technology in Soviet fiction / Bettina Kaibach
  • The legal heritage of the atom : dealing with victims of radioactive contamination in the post-Soviet space / Tanja Penter
  • Witnesses to radioactive contamination / Eva Castringius
  • Fallout memory trajectories at Semipalatinsk : reassembling the post-Soviet past / Susanne Bauer.