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Atomic Junction - Nuclear Power in Africa after Independence (Paperback)
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Atomic Junction - Nuclear Power in Africa after Independence (Paperback)
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After Atomic Junction, along the Haatso-Atomic Road there lies the
Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, home to Africa's first nuclear
programme after independence. Travelling along this road, Abena
Dove Osseo-Asare gathers together stories of conflict and
compromise on an African nuclear frontier. She speaks with a
generation of African scientists who became captivated with 'the
atom' and studied in the Soviet Union to make nuclear physics their
own. On Pluton Lane and Gamma Avenue, these scientists displaced
quiet farming villages in their bid to establish a scientific
metropolis, creating an epicentre for Ghana's nuclear physics
community. By placing interviews with town leaders, physicists and
local entrepreneurs alongside archival records, Osseo-Asare
explores the impact of scientific pursuit on areas surrounding the
reactor, focusing on how residents came to interpret activities on
these 'Atomic Lands'. This combination of historical research,
personal and ethnographic observations shows how Ghanaians now
stand at a crossroad, where some push to install more reactors,
whilst others merely seek pipe-borne water.
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