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Those sickened by U.S. nuclear testing program take their fight to Congress
NPR· 2 hours agoSince its enactment in 1990, RECA has provided lump sum payments of up to $75,000 to atomic veterans...
Deseret News archives: Atomic bomb tests rattled Americans in the West
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoFrom Operation Teapot, the Met Shot, a tower burst fired at the Nevada Test Site, April 15, 1955. |...
We explore the most powerful nuclear test reactor in the world, just miles from Idaho Falls - East...
EastIdahoNews.com· 17 hours agoThe Advanced Test Reactor resides only 47 miles from Idaho Falls at the INL site. EDITOR’S NOTE:...
Will North Korea be a bigger threat under Biden or Trump?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIt also resumed its nuclear program, rebuilding the nuclear test site it had partially demolished...
‘Time is running out’: Navajo Nation urges Congress to act on RECA expansion bill
Arizona Mirror via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoKathleen Tsosie remembers seeing her dad come home every evening with his clothes covered in dirt....
Downwinder groups blast Utah congressional delegation for opposing radiation compensation expansion
The Salt Lake Tribune· 5 days ago“Downwinders” is the term applied to the roughly 60,000 people, who were exposed to harmful...
Harnessing the tides. Cape Cod Canal site gets federal OK to test water-powered turbines
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoThe stand includes a lifting arm that gives easy access for tidal turbines while the stability...
How Western nuclear inaction could embolden the Kremlin
The Hill· 1 day agoThe Kremlin might be emboldened by the weak pushback from the U.S. and NATO against its heightened ...
Advocates want to expand compensation for downwinders, but Utahns in Congress worry about price tag
Utah News Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCongress is currently considering two competing bills that would continue compensating people who...
Vlad appoints new right-hand man ‘Prof Doomsday’ who says West should be nuked
The US Sun· 6 days agoSergei Karaganov, Vlad's new right-hand man, has a chilling history with a number of threatening...