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Nuclear Natures

Dounreay nuclear power station in northern Scotland. In the foreground grazing sheep, in the background the North Sea.
Dounreay nuclear power station in northern Scotland. In the foreground grazing sheep, in the background the North Sea. Photographer: Anna Storm

“Nuclear natures” is a key category of environments, connected to active and closed nuclear power plants, as well as to radioactive waste storages, influencing the livability of numerous areas in the near and distant future.

The project examines the “nuclear natures” of enclosed buffer zones surrounding nuclear facilities, of old reactors undergoing decommissioning and leaving a potentially denuclearized territory behind, and in relation to the new construction of long-term waste storages. The aim is to articulate “nuclear natures” as a key category of environments, to explain in which ways they influence the livability of numerous areas in the near and distant future, and thereby demonstrate how nuclear natures demand contemporary societal attention. The research team will consist, apart from myself, of two PhD candidates and one associate professor.

The project runs 2021-2026 and is financed by The Swedish Research Council/VR.

Recent publications

Marko Marila, Hannah Klaubert, Sergiu Novac, Axel Sievers, Rebecca Öhnfeldt, Anna Storm (2024)
Nuclear Natures: A Concept Explored in Six Briefs

Researchers

Project Leader

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Anna Storm

Professor
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Hannah Klaubert

Postdoc

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Marko Marila

Postdoc

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Sergiu Novac

Postdoc

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Axel Sievers

PhD student

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Rebecca Öhnfeldt

PhD student

Organisation

STRIPE

STRIPE stands for Socio-technical research of infrastructures, politics and the environment. It gathers researchers with an interest in the political and environmental dimensions of infrastructures such as energy, transport and waste.
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Technology and Social Change (TEMAT)

So much of our lives depend on technology. The development and use of technology creates possibilities as well as social, ethical and political dilemmas. That’s what we study at Tema T – Technology and Social Change.
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Department of Thematic Studies (TEMA)

In an increasingly complicated world, there is a need for researchers that can handle both breadth and depth, and can collaborate across disciplinary borders. Major societal questions are studied from an interdisciplinary perspective at TEMA.

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