HISTORY 224 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Occupational Exposure Limit, Dosimetry, Radon
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Africa and the nuclear world: labor, occupational health, and the transnational production of. The (cid:272)ategor(cid:455) of the (cid:862)(cid:374)u(cid:272)lear(cid:863) has (cid:374)e(cid:448)er (cid:271)ee(cid:374) defi(cid:374)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) purel(cid:455) te(cid:272)h(cid:374)i(cid:272)al para(cid:373)eters. The essay explores the nuclear world in africa, and africa in the nuclear world. Three moments of global imperceptions in the making and legitimation of knowledge of radiation hazards: moments when african people and workplaces went unaccounted for i(cid:374) (cid:862)glo(cid:271)al(cid:863) s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge produ(cid:272)tio(cid:374: madagascar, gabon, and south africa. It was materialized in objects, systems, and practices. Global imperceptions: created in 1946, the aec immediately fostered a massive uranium boom by offering monetary rewards for ore strikes. Prospectors and small mining consortia dug hundreds of mine sson the. Colorado plateau: the aec delegated the task of regulating radon levels to state regulators, the phs, and other federal agencies, none of which had sufficient expertise, infrastructure, or authority to implement or enforce standards.
