Utah’s soils bear the scars of a nuclear past that continues to impact residents today. Between 1945 and 1962, nuclear tests at the Nevada Testing Grounds exposed Utah to nuclear fallout, and related ...

We’re hoping to speak to people who have filed a claim through the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. We want to know what the experience was like. By Catie Edmondson Catie Edmondson, who covers ...

For more than three decades, the federal government sought to make amends to countless Americans who developed cancer after being exposed to radiation from nuclear testing in the Southwest or while ...

For Karen Nickel, reviving and expanding the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was bittersweet. Nickel and Dawn Chapman were part of Just Moms STL, a group that's been raising awareness and seeking ...

Applications for the reauthorized and expanded Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) can now be found online at the United States Department of Justice's Civil Division. Downwinders and uranium ...

Nine months have passed since the law that compensates US victims of radiation exposure expired in June, and yet another opportunity to reinstate it fell to the wayside last week. The Radiation ...

CONGRESS TAKES CARE OF THIS ISSUE. NEW MEXICANS AFFECTED BY RADIATION EXPOSURE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ADD THEM TO A COMPENSATION BILL, REPORTER LISA MUNOZ HAS THE STATUS ON ...

When nuclear tests detonated in Nevada during the 1950s and 1960s, a Salt Lake City physician knew danger would blow into town on the wind. So, he set about to protect his family from radiation. He ...

(KFVS) - All Missouri residents who have filed claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act have received money, according to Sen. Josh Hawley. The Act helps victims of Manhattan Project-era ...