Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade

by Gabrielle Hecht

Book Overview

The hidden history of African uranium and what it means--for a state, an object, an industry, a workplace--to be "nuclear."

Uranium from Africa has long been a major source of fuel for nuclear power and atomic weapons, including the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. In 2003, after the infamous "yellow cake from Niger," Africa suddenly became notorious as a source of uranium, a component of nuclear weapons. But did that admit Niger, or any of Africa's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262526867
• ISBN13: 9780262526869
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher