WORKSHOP 'Medical and environmental approaches to military nuclear risk'

This workshop is organised by Prof. Renaud Meltz (CNRS - Centre Alexandre Koyré) and Dr. Benoît Pouget (Sciences Po Aix - Mesopolhis). It is supported by the CNRS, UMR 7064 Mesopolhis, the Maison Française d'Oxford and the University of Oxford (Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology).

It is part of the work of the SOSI (Suivi Ouvert des Société et de leurs interaction) Observatory of the legacies of the Centre d'Expérimentation du Pacifique (CEP) and nuclear tests carried out since 2023 by Renaud Meltz, hosted at the MSH du Pacifique (Outumaoro campus), under the dual supervision of the CNRS and the University of French Polynesia (UPF).

The purpose of this workshop, entitled 'Medical and environmental approaches to military nuclear risk', is to explore, from both a comparative and diachronic perspective, the consequences of nuclear tests/fires/strikes at the intersection of medical, health, environmental, social and political issues. In particular, the question of the health and environmental impacts of nuclearization of the Pacific and the consequences of the government of risk and the public health policy will be explored. The question of legacies will also be explored, as will the issues related to the construction and circulation of knowledge, standards and practices in the field of radiological risk. Finally, the aim will be to understand – by broadening the geographical and thematic spectrum – to understand the driving forces behind the mechanisms for preventing/anticipating nuclear attacks and disasters by exploring in part the role of military health services in civil defense mechanisms.

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