NUCLEAR ENERGY & URANIUM MINING

Nuclear energy has developed over the last 75 years. Though nuclear technology was originally intended to benefit WWII military efforts, after the war, the globe shifted its focus to producing energy efficiently. From a modern perspective, nuclear energy is often thought of as a renewable alternative. While nuclear reactors themselves have improved safety over the decades since major disasters, the outlook of uranium mining and the human labor that upholds the nuclear energy industry is often overlooked, forgotten, or ignored. In leading countries with uranium exports, indigenous communities are often those who experience the negative impact of harvesting radioactive ore. In history, uranium has been sourced from forced human labor, violating human rights. Regardless of how clean or safe nuclear energy itself may be, the cycle of uranium mining that it is intertwined with it must be considerd while evaluating its  sustainability.