Questioning uranium mining: an analysis of the public communication stated by Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) in Caetité, Bahia
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https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v14i2.2054Keywords:
Science, technology and society, Environmental conflcts, Public participation in science and technology, Public communication, Uranium mining.Abstract
This article aims to use the content analysis to discuss the public communication stated by the ‘Espaço INB’, an information center managed by Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil located in the city of Caetité – BA, where the company mines and processes uranium. Since INB started its activities in Caetité, several suspicions of environmental damage and public health problems emerged. Thus, we analyze how INB responds to these suspicions and relates to the populations affected by its activities. We argue that INB adopts an attitude that we call techno-enthusiastic and technocratic, hindering an open public and decentralized debate about the controversies surrounding uranium mining.Downloads
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2020-06-26
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Communication and environment dossier
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Questioning uranium mining: an analysis of the public communication stated by Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) in Caetité, Bahia. (2020). RECIIS, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v14i2.2054
