Siting (and mining) at the Border: Spain-Portugal Nuclear Transboundary Issues
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Resumo: | This article is focused on nuclear transboundary issues between Portugal and Spain, two countries that share a long history of nuclear collaboration and conflict of late, where national borders played a crucial role. The issues at stake cover the full spectrum of the nuclear cycle: uranium mining, power production and waste disposal. The first stage, under two fascist dictatorships, was characterised by collaboration within a common techno-political imaginary, where nuclear energy was understood as a driver of modernity, but with the absence of the public in decision-making processes. The second stage was marked by the advent of democracy in both countries and the reconfiguration of nuclear policies: while Portugal abandoned the nuclear endeavour, Spain implemented a nuclear moratorium but kept ten reactors operative. The third phase, which started in 1986 and goes until the present time, was marked by two crucial events: joining the European Communities (EC) and the Chernobyl accident. The first event allowed Brussels to become a referee on Spanish/Portuguese nuclear disputes. The second one implied that Portugal expanded its institutional vigilance on Spanish nuclear activities and led to the emergence of transboundary social movements against nuclear power. |
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Siting (and mining) at the Border: Spain-Portugal Nuclear Transboundary IssuesNuclear power plantsUranium minesWaste repositoriesCross-borderCooperationAnti-nuclearThis article is focused on nuclear transboundary issues between Portugal and Spain, two countries that share a long history of nuclear collaboration and conflict of late, where national borders played a crucial role. The issues at stake cover the full spectrum of the nuclear cycle: uranium mining, power production and waste disposal. The first stage, under two fascist dictatorships, was characterised by collaboration within a common techno-political imaginary, where nuclear energy was understood as a driver of modernity, but with the absence of the public in decision-making processes. The second stage was marked by the advent of democracy in both countries and the reconfiguration of nuclear policies: while Portugal abandoned the nuclear endeavour, Spain implemented a nuclear moratorium but kept ten reactors operative. The third phase, which started in 1986 and goes until the present time, was marked by two crucial events: joining the European Communities (EC) and the Chernobyl accident. The first event allowed Brussels to become a referee on Spanish/Portuguese nuclear disputes. The second one implied that Portugal expanded its institutional vigilance on Spanish nuclear activities and led to the emergence of transboundary social movements against nuclear power.Brepols Publishers2018info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10316/84834http://hdl.handle.net/10316/84834https://doi.org/10.1484/J.JHES.5.116794eng2506-67302506-6749https://doi.org/10.1484/J.JHES.5.116794Rubio-Varas, M.d. MarCarvalho, AntónioDe la Torre, Josebainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2020-05-29T10:05:16Zoai:estudogeral.uc.pt:10316/84834Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:06:21.086314Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Siting (and mining) at the Border: Spain-Portugal Nuclear Transboundary Issues |
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Siting (and mining) at the Border: Spain-Portugal Nuclear Transboundary Issues |
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Siting (and mining) at the Border: Spain-Portugal Nuclear Transboundary Issues Rubio-Varas, M.d. Mar Nuclear power plants Uranium mines Waste repositories Cross-border Cooperation Anti-nuclear |
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Siting (and mining) at the Border: Spain-Portugal Nuclear Transboundary Issues |
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Siting (and mining) at the Border: Spain-Portugal Nuclear Transboundary Issues |
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Siting (and mining) at the Border: Spain-Portugal Nuclear Transboundary Issues |
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Siting (and mining) at the Border: Spain-Portugal Nuclear Transboundary Issues |
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Siting (and mining) at the Border: Spain-Portugal Nuclear Transboundary Issues |
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Rubio-Varas, M.d. Mar |
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Rubio-Varas, M.d. Mar Carvalho, António De la Torre, Joseba |
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Carvalho, António De la Torre, Joseba |
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Rubio-Varas, M.d. Mar Carvalho, António De la Torre, Joseba |
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Nuclear power plants Uranium mines Waste repositories Cross-border Cooperation Anti-nuclear |
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Nuclear power plants Uranium mines Waste repositories Cross-border Cooperation Anti-nuclear |
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This article is focused on nuclear transboundary issues between Portugal and Spain, two countries that share a long history of nuclear collaboration and conflict of late, where national borders played a crucial role. The issues at stake cover the full spectrum of the nuclear cycle: uranium mining, power production and waste disposal. The first stage, under two fascist dictatorships, was characterised by collaboration within a common techno-political imaginary, where nuclear energy was understood as a driver of modernity, but with the absence of the public in decision-making processes. The second stage was marked by the advent of democracy in both countries and the reconfiguration of nuclear policies: while Portugal abandoned the nuclear endeavour, Spain implemented a nuclear moratorium but kept ten reactors operative. The third phase, which started in 1986 and goes until the present time, was marked by two crucial events: joining the European Communities (EC) and the Chernobyl accident. The first event allowed Brussels to become a referee on Spanish/Portuguese nuclear disputes. The second one implied that Portugal expanded its institutional vigilance on Spanish nuclear activities and led to the emergence of transboundary social movements against nuclear power. |
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