Introduction
“Our land is healthy”, “No to nuclear power in Greenland!”
These are just some of the slogans used by protestors opposing a project to mine uranium on the Kuannersuit mountain in Greenland, in the 1980s’ (Sørensen 2008) (see Figure 1).
Figure 1. Preparation for the anti-uranium demonstration (Nuuk, April 2016)
“Nuclear no thanks” (Atomkraft nej tak); “Water, land and nature are healthy” (Imeq, nuna, sila minguitsoq)
Pia Bailleul 2016
This project raised environmental concerns due to radioactivity, and political ones because it was driven by Denmark, which still controlled Greenlandic subsoil activities despite the establishment of the first Home Rule government in 1979. Ultimately, Denmark was forced to drop the project in the face of the social movement, and Greenland adopted a political principle not to exploit radioactive materials (Pelaudeix et al. 2017). Thirty years later, these same slogans are still heard in Greenland. This time, they we...




