The socio-environmental conflicts generated by uranium mining: experiences in the world in the last decade
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Environmental justice, Radioactive risks, ContaminationAbstract
In the context of the nature imposed by advanced capitalism, there has been an expansion in the exploitation of uranium ore, generating socio-environmental conflicts. The aim of this article is to introduce the reader to the scenario of socio-environmental conflicts caused by the uranium mining sector on a global scale over the last ten years (2013-2023). Based on a systematic literature review to identify and characterize conflicts as distributive, territorial, and/or spatial, a search was carried out in five databases: LILACS; PubMed; SciELO; Scopus and Web of Science. The articles analyzed showed conflicts in 18 different countries, in which the dispute between the different social actors and the violence suffered by the most vulnerable became evident. Against this, environmental justice was suggested as a way of broadening the debate and changing the vision towards building a fair future for all social groups and free from radioactive risks
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