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      Siting (and mining) at the Border: Spain-Portugal Nuclear Transboundary Issues

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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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                Journal
                JHES
                jhes
                Journal for the History of Environment and Society
                Brepols Publishers
                2506-6730
                2506-6749
                January 2018
                : 3
                : 33-69
                Article
                10.1484/J.JHES.5.116794
                0a4d3731-0fba-4a58-ba01-a1f8c804c2bb

                Open-access

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                Agricultural ecology,Environmental change,Environmental studies,General social science,General environmental science,Urban, Rural & Regional economics

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