With less than 20 working days remaining this year, advocates for those exposed to radiation from mid-century nuclear tests ...

Dozens of groups from 17 states and territories, including Utah, are urging Congress to reauthorize payments to downwinders ...

In the letter, first shared with The Hill, signers asked members to take up the stalled reauthorization of the Radiation ...

This article was first published by Source New Mexico. Visit sourcenm.org to read more. A federal program to apologize and acknowledge the harms of radiation exposure is out of time, and for those ...

In 1990, Congress passed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which allowed compensation to people with cancer at several levels. It was later expanded. Downwinders — including those who ...

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Missouri Senator Josh Hawley’s bill extends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act through 2030 while hiking some payouts and adding communities in seven states to its list of recipients. WASHINGTON ...

On Thursday, Danforth said Hawley’s political style as an antagonistic, camera-seeking populist is the reason the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act renewal bill failed to get to a vote before ...

For decades, Americans have been able to keep a comfortable distance from the disturbing visuals captured after the dropping ...

“For many years the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has operated a program to support those who have applied for benefits under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Their work has ...

Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah sponsored the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) that was passed in 1990, providing compensation to civilians downwind from the above-ground tests (many in his ...