Nuclear Avenue: “Cyclonic Development”, Abandonment, and Relations in Uranium City, Canada

• Published in: Humanities
• Main Authors: Robert Boschman, Bill Bunn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018
• Subjects: uranium; environment; humanities; remediation; truth and reconciliation; cyclonic development; Indigenous; landfill; History of scholarship and learning. The humanities; AZ20-999; Canada; Eldorado; Turtle Island; Uranium City; Lake Athabasca
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/h7010005; https://doaj.org/article/b47bfb7f7a5b417faf665bd427754deb

The rise and abandonment of Uranium City constitutes an environmental history yet to be fully evaluated by humanities scholars. 1982 marks the withdrawal of the Eldorado Corporation from the town and the shuttering of its uranium mines. The population declined to approximately 50 from its pre-1982 p...