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Book SynopsisRising fossil fuel prices and concerns about greenhouse gas emissions are fostering a nuclear power renaissance and a revitalized uranium mining industry across the American West. Environmental sociologist Stephanie Malin offers an on-the-ground portrait of several uranium communities caught between the harmful legacy of previous mining booms and the potential promise of new economic development.
Trade Review"A vanguard contribution to examining the pitfalls of alt-energy zeal.
Highly recommended." * CHOICE *
"This book is written to be accessible to broad audiences with an interest in the intersection of energy and society, as well as academic audiences interested in rural sociology, environmental sociology, or other related fields." * Rural Sociology *
"Malin provides a compassionate and intriguing ethnography of communities harmed by uranium mining and milling, of government duplicity in covering up hazards, and of the inspiring citizen science with which opponents have mapped cancer clusters and conducted health surveys. This book helps us understand how uranium production, along with other harmful energy production can beget structural violence, disease, and perpetuate inequalities." -- Phil Brown * University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences Northeastern University *
"An enjoyable and accessible book,
The Price of Nuclear Power provides great insight into the central problem facing natural resource communities across the globe, and is rich in ethnographic details that focus on environmental inequalities." -- Brian Mayer * professor of environmental sociology, University of Arizona *
"Before the US approves new uranium mining, consider its toxic legacy" by Stephanie Malin * The Conversation *
"Trump’s nuclear posture destabilizes, while disrespecting legacies of environmental injustice" by Stephanie A. Malin * The Defense Post *
"The Price of Nuclear Power powerfully documents how isolation and poverty drive residents to support uranium milling despite its health risks. The voices of all sides of the complex debate ring out from Malin’s surveys and interviews." * Technology and Culture *
Table of ContentsContents
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements1 Introduction: The Paradox of Uranium Production in a Neoliberal Era2 Booms, Busts, and Bombs: Uranium’s Economic and Environmental Justice History in the US3 Lethal Legacies in Uranium Communities: Left in the Dust in Monticello, Utah4 The Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill: A Transnational Corporation Comes Home5 ‘Just Hangin’ on by a Thread’: Isolation, Poverty, and Social Dislocation6 ‘Better Regs’ in an Era of Deregulation: Neoliberalized Narratives of Regulatory Compliance7 Conclusions and Solutions: Social Sustainability and Localized Energy JusticeAppendix: Research Methods and Data CollectionNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
