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Radioisotopes "economy of promises" : On the limits of biomedicine in public legitimization of nuclear activities

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This paper aims to examine the rise and the fall of biomedicine in the public legitimization of the development of nuclear energy. Until the late 1950s, biological and medical applications of radioisotopes were presented as the most important successes of the peaceful uses of atomic energy. I will argue that despite the major financial investment, the development of the uses of radioisotopes and their important impact on biology and clinical practices, the assessment of medical uses remained relatively limited. As consequence, the place of biomedicine in the public legitimization of financial investment and civilian uses of nuclear energy began to decline from the late 1950s.
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hal-00445227 , version 1 (07-01-2010)

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Soraya Boudia. Radioisotopes "economy of promises" : On the limits of biomedicine in public legitimization of nuclear activities. Dynamis, 2009, 29, pp.241-259. ⟨hal-00445227⟩
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