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Articles | Volume 81, issue 1
Articles | Volume 81, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-81-137-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-81-137-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 81, issue 1
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16 Feb 2026
Standard article |  | 16 Feb 2026

The menhir: aesthetic politics of radioactive waste disposal in northern Switzerland

Rony Emmenegger and Federico Luisetti

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Short summary
Geological disposal projects rest on the assumption that radioactive waste can be safely managed through its spatio-temporal separation from human life at the surface. This paper examines how a local farmer in the Zürcher Weinland – one of the regions considered for nuclear waste disposal – disrupted this assumption by rendering the radioactive hazard perceptible through a series of landscape interventions.
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