The articles themselves cover the ge- ography of nuclear energy from beginning to end: from the mining of ura- nium, the planning and construction of nuclear power plants, the formation of public resistance, and the cooling of nuclear energy sites as well as the evo- lution of research centres and, last but not least, the political control and stor- age of nuclear waste. [...] While scholars took interest in the spatial dynamics of the atomic complex early in the 1950s, nuclear geography experienced a renewal in the 2010s fol- lowing the multiplication of radioactive waste disposal projects and the 2011 Fukushima accident (Alexis-Martin and Davies 2017). [...] The significance of the geographical dimension, in this research, came to the fore especially in the debate about the disposal of nuclear waste. [...] The Diversity of Nuclear Geographies: An Overview of the Special Issue The articles in this special issue encompass different segments of what the nuclear industry refers to as the nuclear fuel cycle. [...] The sense of belonging varies depending on the region, but the results clearly show that the consideration of the sense of place should be an important factor in the long-term planning and governance of the stor- age of nuclear waste.
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