The Rise and Fall of Mexico's Uranium Industry: A Tale of Nationalization and Abandonment

This article delves into Mexico's efforts to develop its nuclear industry in the mid-20th century and the challenges it faced along the way with its ambitious plans to explore and exploit its reserves of radioactive materials.

The Rise and Fall of Mexico's Uranium Industry: A Tale of Nationalization and Abandonment
Personnel of the National Nuclear Energy Commission outside tunnel number 2 of the El Muerto mine, Oaxaca, 1957, General Archive of the Nation, México Contemporáneo, Administración Pública Federal, Uranio Mexicano (URAMEX), box 119.