#hibakusha — Public Fediverse posts
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A short video introduction to my book *Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha* published by Yale University Press in 2022.
Discusses the global distribution of radioactive fallout from nuclear weapon tests and nuclear power accidents, and the impact this had on downwind communities.
Book website link on my profile page
@nuclearhumanities @histodons @sts
#nuclear #hibakusha #ColdWarHist #NuclearPower #NuclearTesting #Hiroshima #RMI #Kazakhstan #Anthropocene #environment #NuclearWaste
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2 primary forms of nuclear #colonialism:
First two are: resource extraction (uranium mining) from indigenous lands; & the #colonialism of defining a place as "empty" and inhabited by "nobody"
This can be seen in the siting of #nuclear weapon testing sites, and nuclear production sites (plutonium & uranium processing)
H-bomb tests were so big, the three NATO #nuclear weapon states all tested them on Pacific islands and atolls (#NATO vs. the #Pacific)
Soviet Union defined Kazakhs as "nomads" & detonated almost 500 nukes there
#France & #UK never tested a single weapon in their own countries, only in colonial or #postcolonial spaces
China tested in #Uyghur territoryMillions of people lived close to nuclear weapon test sites and production sites, they experienced harm, displacement & contamination of their homes & food sources. Many remain contaminated today.
These are among the global #hibakusha
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Nuclear weapon detonations produce radiation in two primary forms, external radioactive waves, and particles of radioactive fallout.
Our health models have been built on studying the effects of external radiation to those who survived in #Hiroshima & Nagasaki. But with 2,000+ nuclear tests, most people have instead been exposed to fallout, and may internalize radionuclides into their bodies.
Their health claims are routinely dismissed by citing studies that have only examined the health effects of external exposures.
These are the global #hibakusha, and we are just learning how to understand what happened to them during the Cold War.
#nuclear #histodons @histodons #STS #ColdWarHist
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2 primary forms of nuclear #colonialism:
First two are: resource extraction (uranium mining) from indigenous lands; & the #colonialism of defining a place as "empty" and inhabited by "nobody"
This can be seen in the siting of #nuclear weapon testing sites, and nuclear production sites (plutonium production, uranium enrichment)
H-bomb tests were so big, the three NATO #nuclear weapon states all tested them on Pacific islands and atolls (#NATO vs. the #Pacific)
Soviet Union defined Kazakhs as "nomads" & detonated almost 500 nukes there
France and UK never tested a single weapon in their own countries, only in colonial or #postcolonial spaces
China tested in #Uyghur territory
Millions of people lived close to nuclear weapon test sites and production sites, they experienced harm, displacement & contamination of their homes & locations of food production. Many remain contaminated today.
These are among the global #hibakusha