The Atomic Priesthood and Nuclear Waste Management: Religion, Sci-Fi Literature, and the End of Our Civilization
This article discusses the idea of an “Atomic Priesthood,” a religious caste that would preserve and transmit the knowledge of nuclear waste management for future generations. In 1981, the US Department of Energy commissioned a “Human Interference Task Force” (HITF) that would examine the possibilit...
| Subtitles: | Nuclear waste, conspiracies, and e-meters: remarkable religion and technology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2016]
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| In: |
Zygon
Year: 2016, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 626-639 |
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Nuclear Energy
B nuclear waste repositories B Religion B Ecology B Eternity B Environment (Art) B God B Science Fiction |
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