Reparations for Nuclear Harm

New Mexico has a long, complex, and still unfolding history with nuclear technologies, activities, and disasters, ranging from nuclear weapons development and testing, to uranium mining and processing, to nuclear waste transport, storage, and spills. The state’s nuclear industrial complex has had lasting negative health, environmental and cultural impacts on New Mexico communities. For her doctoral dissertation, Tabitha Hrynick - herself a New Mexican - explores how affected people experience, define, and seek repair and reparation for this harm.

Tabitha takes a community-engaged approach, working with local people and organizations to shape her research questions and approaches, ensuring her work is rooted in local realities and priorities.

If you have questions about this research, or if you would be interested in engaging with Tabitha in relation to this project, she welcomes your email at t.a.hrynick@uva.nl.

The participation information sheet for this project can be found here.

Check out this trailer of a recent documentary about this issue: