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Congresswoman wants to add Metro East areas to Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
First Alert 4· 2 days agoHouse last week passed defense funding after removing a promise to compensate victims of radioactive contamination. U.S. Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski is trying to revive the Radiation ...
Indigenous communities deserve radiation exposure compensation
Santa Fe New Mexican· 4 days agoAs the Navajo Nation and other tribes move toward cleaner energy solutions, we must not forget the promises made to these communities, promises embodied in the Radiation & ...
Letter: We won’t forgive Utah’s congressional delegation for its failure to expand RECA
The Salt Lake Tribune· 5 days agoIt is unforgivable that Congress failed to act on the Senate bill to expand the Radiation Exposure ...
Defense package heads to Senate sans RECA
Source New Mexico via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe $883.7 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) heads to the U.S. Senate without expanding a program to compensate people for radiation <...
Metro-east residents push for compensation for radioactive waste exposure
Belleville News-Democrat· 2 days agoAlong the border of Venice and Madison in the metro-east, a 1.4 million-square-foot factory and former 40-acre dump site sit next to several blocks of homes. From the late 1950s to early 1960s ...
Nuclear reparations expire. New Mexicans impacted by Trinity Site vow to keep fighting
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was enacted in 1990 to provide lump sum payments to...
Letter: Whole congressional delegation failed Missouri on nuke issue
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 6 days agoJosh Hawley, R-Mo., called for radiation victims to get “justice.” Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. Louis,...
Missouri statewide candidates decry inaction on St. Louis area nuclear waste
Missouri Independent via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSeveral Republican candidates for Missouri statewide office on Wednesday evening urged stronger...
Army Corps finishes Jana area cleanup, to hold Wednesday meeting on radioactivity removal
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 7 days agoThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is set to hold a public meeting Wednesday evening in Florissant, a...
Army Corps finds soil contaminated under some St. Louis-area homes, but no health risk
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Army Corps of Engineers has determined that soil is contaminated beneath some suburban St. Louis...