American Hibakusha: Radiation Affected Communities Inside of the United States of America

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I was able to conduct two research trips during this academic year to conduct research and to meet with scholars. The first research trip was to the United States. I visited to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. I also visited to a uranium mining site, and the conducted research at the National Uranium Mining Museum. I conducted research at the National Nuclear Science Museum, and also met with scholars at local universities in the Southwest. I visited sites designated for the storage of high-level nuclear waste, and did oral history interviews with those living in the areas near the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in the Northwest United States.I conducted a second trip to meet with important scholars in Europe. I met with scholars working on the role of water use in nuclear technologies, about the role of water in nuclear reactor operation and nuclear weapon production. I met with scholars who have created advanced computer modeling programs to use nuclear weapon test detonations and local weather data to create more accurate understandings of downwind distribution of radioactive fallout following nuclear explosions, and also researchers who have done work assessing the health impacts of ongoing exposures to low levels of external radiation, as experienced near uranium mining and in downwind communities.I also conducted ongoing analysis of scientific studies on the distribution and migration of radiation in contaminated areas, and created a database of my own use on contaminations in the United States, and likely ongoing distributions.