In Radiant Infrastructures Rahul Mukherjee explores how the media coverage of nuclear power plants and cellular phone antennas in Indiawhat he calls radiant infrastructurescreates environmental publics groups of activists scientists and policy makers who use media to influence public opinion. In documentaries lifestyle television shows newspapers and Bollywood films and through other forms of media including radiationsensing technologies these publics articulate contesting views about the relationships between modernity wireless signals and nuclear power. From testimonies of cancer patients who live close to cell towers to power plant operators working to contain information about radiation leaks and health risks discussions in the media show how radiant infrastructures are at once harbingers of optimism about Indias development and emitters of potentially carcinogenic radiation.