Mobilising Modernity: The Nuclear MomentDuring the nuclear heyday of the post-war years advocates of atomic power promised cheap electricity and a prosperous future. From the present, however, this promise seems tarnished by accidents, leaks and a lack of public confidence. Mobilising Modernity traces this journey from confidence in technology to the anxieties of the Risk Society questioning a number of conventional wisdoms en route. |
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... Atomic Energy Authority, delivering a lecture entitled 'Nuclear Power in the United Kingdom' in 1971 within which he included the prospects for nuclear fusion: I hope we will not lose all sense of striving for the future or of interest ...
... energy tribes during this early period owes much to this correspondence which has been substantially 'triangulated ... Atomic Menace (SCRAM) was a particularly important network node in creating the UK's first anti-nuclear direct action ...
... Energy Bulletin. Perhaps the most important internal documentary source were ... of nuclear issues outlined above (p. 2) sociological accounts of modernity ... energy only emerged during the 1970s. This decade has been claimed as the ...
... atomic bomb project legitimated their general application in diverse fields from biology (Haraway 1992) to city and regional planning (Faludi 1973). The wartime nuclear project was a node within ... Atomic Energy Authority Independence and.
The Nuclear Moment Ian Welsh. history of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Independence and Deterrence, was one such tradition. The long-standing association between military capacity, economic success and political influence ...
Contents
The nuclear moment | |
Resisting the juggernaut Opposition in the 1950s | |
Accidents will happen | |
Modernitys mobilization stalls | |
The moment of direct action | |
Networking Direct action and collective refusal | |
Conclusions | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Author index | |