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The training in France of Spanish nuclear personnel, c. 1950s–1990s
Autor(es)
Materia
France
Spain
Nuclear fuel-cycle
Nuclear assistance
Nuclear training
Cold war
Clasificación UNESCO
2207.15 Energía Nuclear
Fecha de publicación
2022
Editor
Taylor & Francis
Citación
Sánchez Sánchez, E. M. (2022). The training in France of Spanish nuclear personnel, c. 1950s–1990s. History and Technology, 38(1), 3-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/07341512.2022.2076402
Resumen
[EN] Foreign assistance was decisive in the formation of the teams in charge of nuclear science, technology and industry in Spain. France played a key role from the end of World War Two, assisting Spanish expertise in all stages of the uranium cycle, from mining to disposal. In this paper, after examining the configuration of the French nuclear complex and the start of French-Spanish cooperation, we will focus on the training of Spanish nuclear personnel, in both the scientific-technical and the industrial side. We will try to prove the importance of France in the whole Western nuclear assistance, and also that, though France was unable to supplant the United States, it was able to grab significant projects and influence in Spain. In the end, nuclear learning proved to be a cumulative and mutual (not symmetrical) process, which far exceeded the temporal, geographical and sectorial limits initially marked out.
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ISSN
0734-1512
DOI
10.1080/07341512.2022.2076402
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