Uranium Fever explores the remnants and ramifications of the Cold War era uranium rush on the landscape of Elliot Lake, a small Northern Ontario community. The once “uranium capital of the world”, now rests upon over 100 million tons of uranium mining waste. From loss of wildlife and major reduction of fish populations, to contaminated soil and water, the residents of Elliot Lake are isolated in the Northern Ontario wilderness, left to reap the discards from rampant industrialism.
The project aims to explore Canadian nuclear culture and the relationship between photography and the nuclear age through the backdrop of Elliot Lake, showing the repercussions of rampant uranium mining on the land and the people who call it home.
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