People, Place, and Things
Which Uranium mine is located in Namibia?
Rössing
What does CNS stand for?
Council for Nuclear Safety
What is the term used for artisanal miners in the Congo Copperbelt?
Creuseurs
This mineral-rich African region studied by Makori has been shaped by both colonial and postcolonial mining regimes.
Congo Copperbelt
This British scientist in the Atomic Energy Board’s licensing branch argued in the late 1970s that South Africa’s radon surveys were “apartheid science” and pushed for credible radiation monitoring in the mines.
Shaun Guy
What does SWAPO stand for?
South West Africa People's Organisation
What are the names of the creuseurs that Makori speaks to throughout the reading?
Francis and Jules
What country colonized DRC?
Belgium
Which person was a medical student and concluded that working at Rössing increases risk of cancer and radiation has genetic effects?
Reinhard Zaire
This independent organization strives to protect people, animals, and the environment from the harmful effects of ionising radiation.
International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)
What key resource, besides minerals, do creuseurs “mobilize” to assert legitimacy in the Copperbelt?
history/historical memory
What were liberalization policies forced upon Congo by the IMF and World Bank called?
Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs)
Who was the president of Namibia after they gained independence?
Sam Nujoma
This Namibian union, founded in the late 1980s, used company safety data and medical reports to challenge working conditions at Rössing.
MUN (Mineworkers Union of Namibia)
Creuseurs are called “illegal,” but their work supports what?
Local economies
Liberalization within the mining industry directly caused conflict between creuseurs and what group(s)?
Foreign mining companies and the Congolese state
This independent verification study, conducted in the early 2000s, concluded that there were no chromosomal abnormalities among Rössing miners, which deepened worker mistrust.
The Lucas and Lloyd study
In 1967, this organization changed its name from Calprods to what?
Nuclear Fuels Corporation (NUFCOR)
By blending ancestral mining practices with modern survival strategies, creuseurs challenge what false colonial-era divide?
The divide between artisanal and industrial mining
'Stabilization' in Congo was a colonial project; what was its main goal?
Increase survival rates of men in mining camps in order to 'breed a workforce.' pg 787