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    Profoundly Misunderstood: Nuclear Energy in Ontario, 1940s – 1980s

    Year: 2024, 2024
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Ellis, Ian, Thesis advisor (ths): Wright, Robert, Degree committee member (dgc): Sheinin, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Nicol, Heather, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>This study examines the intersection between nuclear energy in Ontario, Canada, with popular forces acting upon it between the 1940s and the mid-1980s. It finds that nuclear energy
    was the target of changing epistemology as society shifted to a post-modern framework in its
    perception of technology. Technology was irreparably associated with potential encroaching
    governmental… more