Australian nuclear heritage: The theory and practice of records, knowledges, and memory (RK&M) in uranium extraction, as well as its contamination, remediation and waste management
The Team: Dr N.A.J. Taylor, Chu Xia Lin, Professor David Lowe, Associate Professor Emily Potter, Associate Professor Gavin Mudd, Professor Paul Frederick Brown
This project asks how and why records, knowledges and memory (RK&M) preservation of environmentally remediated uranium mining and contaminated sites are managed over immediate, intermediate, and possibly even far-future (e.g. 10,000 or more years) timeframes. It does so by engaging STEM-based collaborators from Environmental Engineering with both knowledge and practical experience of the legal and regulatory landscape for archiving records, knowledges and memory (RK&M) relating to uranium extraction, as well as its contamination, remediation and waste management in the Australian and international contexts.
Chief Investigator: Dr N.A.J. Taylor, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Contemporary History.
Collaborators: Engineering Professor Chu Xia Lin, Alfred Deakin Professor of Contemporary History David Lowe and Associate Professor of Literary Studies Emily Potter at Deakin University, in collaboration with Associate Professor of Engineering Gavin Mudd at RMIT University and Honorary Professor of Environment and Society Paul Frederick Brown at The University of NSW-Sydney.