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Program to compensate people downwind of nuclear weapons tests sunsets
Tribune via AOL· 8 hours agoJun. 9—A federal program to compensate people who got sick after being exposed to radiation through uranium mining or nuclear weapons testing is ending.
Speaker Johnson, hear the prayers of nuclear weapons testing victims. It's time to act.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAs we mined uranium and built and tested nuclear weapons that defended our country, we exposed...
A US supersonic bomber dropped 500-pound bombs in its first live-fire bombing drill on the Korean...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAt that time, North Korea was ramping up its missile testing, pursuing a variety of weapons...
Winning: Reviving World War II Pacific Airfields
Strategy Page· 1 day agoChina expects to eventually take possession of these islands as they continue building more warships and basing troops and weapons on islands they have already claimed or, ...
House departure leaves radiation compensation fund in limbo - Roll Call
CQ Politics· 5 days agoJosh Hawley, R-Mo., that would expand the fund, which compensates those harmed by radiation from...
Program to pay nuclear fallout victims expires due to U.S. House’s inaction
The Salt Lake Tribune· 3 days agoSt. George • Faced with the choice of expanding or at minimum extending a program to offer...
Congress must act now to help Americans still suffering from the legacy of nuclear tests
The Hill· 7 days agoNearly 80 years have passed since the atomic bomb created by J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan...
Congress lets compensation for downwinders expire, but advocates see a path forward
Utah News Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAfter months of advocacy and lobbying Congress, time has run out for downwinders hoping to expand...
NBC Weapons: Navigation Error, Training Failure
Strategy Page· 3 days agoNovember 23, 2021: Since the 1960s the U.S. Air Force has acquired eleven WC-135 aircraft for collecting air samples in areas where there have been nuclear weapons ...
Downwinders, advocates decry impasse that let compensation program lapse
Santa Fe New Mexican· 2 days agoAdvocates for New Mexico downwinders and former uranium miners minced no words this week about House...
