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Atomic Junction: Nuclear Power in Africa after Independence (2019)

Osseo-Asare, Abena Dove Agyepoma (Author)

Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2019
Language: English

ISBN: 9781108457378

Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 296

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Technology and society Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence Science and society Nuclear reactors Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics Nuclear industry 21st century 20th century Africa Ghana Ghana Atomic Energy Commission

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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Review John Krige (2021) Review of "Atomic Junction: Nuclear Power in Africa after Independence". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 436-437). unapi

Review Jeffrey S. Ahlman (2021) Review of "Atomic Junction: Nuclear Power in Africa after Independence". American Historical Review (pp. 1350-1351). unapi

Review Damilola Adebayo (April 2021) Review of "Atomic Junction: Nuclear Power in Africa after Independence". Technology and Culture (pp. 586-587). unapi

Review Austin R. Cooper (2020) Review of "Atomic Junction: Nuclear Power in Africa after Independence". Journal of the History of Biology (pp. 315-317). unapi

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