Toward a Global History of the Nuclear Age

Paul Robert Josephson; Tatiana Kasperski

doi:10.5007/2175-7976.2024.e102709

Autores

Paul Robert Josephson Colby College
Tatiana Kasperski Södertörn University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3392-3066

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2024.e102709

Palavras-chave:

Era nuclear, História Global, Ambiente

Resumo

A história ambiental do desenvolvimento nuclear é cada vez mais importante, sobretudo devido à forte convicção de que um “renascimento” contínuo e autoproclamado da energia nuclear deve ser uma parte importante dos cenários energéticos mundiais na batalha contra o aquecimento global e a necessidade de abandonar a produção de energia baseada no carbono. Este artigo sugere uma série de maneiras de aproveitar fontes primárias disponíveis recentemente, usando uma abordagem global para dar sentido à história ambiental nuclear. Ele também aponta para que se observem os impactos ambientais numa variedade de ecossistemas: desérticos, árticos, tropicais, limnológicos e oceânicos e considera todo o empreendimento nuclear, desde a mineração até o enriquecimento e a fissão. Sugere focar nas interações entre o átomo, a natureza e a vida de mamíferos, peixes e pássaros no mundo nuclear. Por fim, esta análise mostra que o átomo não é verde e que o argumento de que a energia nuclear é uma solução para o aquecimento global ignora a relação conturbada entre o ambiente e as tecnologias pacíficas e militares.

Biografia do Autor

Paul Robert Josephson, Colby College

History of Technology; Environmental History. Colby College, Department of History.

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