"Nuclear Cultural Heritage: From Knowledge to Practice was a research networking project that focuses on the emerging field of nuclear cultural heritage, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in 2018-2022. It aimed to establish links between national and international nuclear cultural heritage researchers and the heritage sector on the one hand, and the nuclear sector on the other.

The P.I. and director of the project was Dr Egle Rindzeviciute, Associate Professor of Sociology at Kingston University London, the UK.

The project has ended, but please visit the follow on project NuSPACES: http://www.nuspaces.eu.

The notion of nuclear cultural heritage is new to heritage studies and practice: it refers to a wide range of tangible and intangible objects, such as decommissioned power plants, museum exhibits, landscapes and communities that are associated with the civil and military nuclear industry.

The concept of nuclear cultural heritage that this project will develop will provide ways of responding to pressing challenges experienced by nuclear nations, such as the management of nuclear waste and military arsenals, the future of the nuclear energy industry, and the need to reassess the wider social and cultural legacy of the nuclear past."

Links: https://nuclearculturalheritage.wordpress.com/
https://nuclearculturalheritage.wordpress.com/2018/08/20/the-journey-begins/

"The Nuclear Culture Research Group is an interdisciplinary group of artists, curators and scholars in the nuclear arts and humanities within and connected through Goldsmiths College, University of London and The Arts Catalyst. The group is part of the Nuclear Culture research project to develop artistic and curatorial enquiry into nuclear culture in the UK and internationally led by Ele Carpenter in partnership with The Arts Catalyst. The group meets termly to share research, organize events and fieldwork. Visiting artists and scholars are always welcome." (Homepage NCRG)

About the Organizer: Dr Ele Carpenter is Professor in Interdisciplinary Art & Culture at Umeå University, Sweden, and Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of the Arts, University of Cumbria. Carpenter is editor of The Nuclear Culture Source Book (2016).

Link: https://nuclear.artscatalyst.org/content/nuclear-culture-research-group-0

"Suetsugu, a native of the city of Fukushima, moved to the United States 27 years ago and fulfilled her dream of opening a gallery there. But her feelings for Fukushima Prefecture have not changed.

To help the area overcome reputational damage, she is aiming to launch Onsen Residency, a program inviting U.S. artists to hot springs in the city of Fukushima for a creative retreat."

(Japan Times / Regional Voices: Fukushima, 17. März 2025)

Link: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/17/japan/society/fukushima-sculptor-new-york-gallery/

"To understand Japan’s plan to restart nuclear power plants, it is essential to first examine the question: What caused the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)? While the earthquake and tsunami were widely regarded as the immediate triggers, the National Diet Investigation Report identified the Fukushima nuclear meltdown as a “ man-made-disaster.”

This argument centers on Japan’s so-called “nuclear village,” a tightly knit community composed of actors from the nuclear industry, national and local regulatory bodies, and academia. At the core of this nuclear village is a group of approximately 200 to 300 university scholars, many of whom know each other personally. Through these personal connections, they help their students secure positions in electric power companies, manufacturing firms, or as technical officials in government agencies and local authorities." (Zhuoran Li, The Diplomat, 3. May 2025)

Link: https://thediplomat.com/2025/05/the-challenge-to-japans-nuclear-restart/

Die Ausstellung im Juni 2025 trägt den Titel "site──representation" und zeigt Werke von Tsuchida Sho und Suzuki Yuya.

土田翔／鈴木悠哉

2025年6月7日(土)〜29日(日)

Links: https://art-museum.fcs.ed.jp/exhibition/upcoming
https://blob-storage.f-portal.pref.fukushima.lg.jp/common-article/