Hi Andy,
I am finding the literature around nuclear testing very interesting. Maybe not 'key literature', but certainly very thought provoking in terms of 'nuclear colonisation' and 'nuclear nomads'. There is also quite a bit of poetry around nuclear landscapes, e.g. from poets in the Pacific. Two discussions that might be useful & accessible:
Elizabeth DeLoughrey (2008) Solar Metaphors: 'No Ordinary Sun'. ka mate ka ora: a new zealand journal of poetry and poetics. Issue 6. pp 51-59
Jeffrey Sasha Davis (2005) Representing Place: 'Deserted Isles' and the Reproduction of Bikini Atoll. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 95:3, pp 607-625.
Also some exhibitions on nuclear landscapes have material online e.g. http://nucleardilemma.org/en/exhibition
You probably know the film 'Into Eternity' about nuclear waste storage (using the example of Finland) & the creation of 'warning landscapes'?
Best,
Angela
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