In the wake of “Oppenheimer,” lawmakers approve compensation for radiation victimsMyClallamCounty.com
Tim Graham/Getty Images (Washington) – The US Senate has voted to expand compensation for victims of radiation exposure resulting from nuclear weapons development in the American Southwest following the Christopher Nolan administration. oppenheimer It grossed $80 million last week. Some of the Navajo people have been hit hardest by nuclear fallout and environmental contamination, and […]
Downwinders compensation will expire soon for victims of radiation testing in Mojave Desert | Nation and World
A decades-old scheme to compensate people exposed to radiation from nuclear testing and uranium mining is due to expire next year without being extended, quickly closing the narrow window for those who could suffer new related illnesses. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was passed in 1990 to compensate and avoid lawsuits for those who were […]
Famous Actress Shannen Doherty Shares Powerful Video Of Her Brain Radiation Procedure
“Beverly Hills, 90210” actress Shannen Doherty shared a poignant video of herself undergoing brain radiation therapy on Tuesday. Doherty, 52, has opened up about the mental and physical challenges she’s faced as she continues her battle with cancer. “On Jan. 5, a CT scan showed me to have METs in my brain,” she said. I […]
Pennsylvania professor photographs first radiation belt outside solar system
Photo credit: Chuck Carter, Melody Kao, The Heising Simmons Foundation Lewisburg, Union County (WBRE/WYOU) — in April, Jackie Vilasen, a professor of physics and astronomy at Bucknell University, has discovered a planet orbiting a star. Just a month later, she was part of another team that made yet another discovery: the first radiation belt outside […]
Some ‘downwinders’ in Mohave County who were exposed to nuclear test radiation are still waiting for federal help
Nevada Department of Environmental Protection A nuclear bomb being tested in Nevada in 1957. During and after World War II, the United States tested more than 1,000 nuclear weapons across the country and in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Hundreds of them exploded in the southwestern United States, mainly in Nevada and New Mexico. The […]
Under Sinema Bill, Arizonans in Mohave County May Access Payments They Are Due from Radiation Exposure
Senators reintroduce law allowing Arizonans in Mojave County previously exposed to downwind radiation to receive due payment Washington – Arizona Senator Kirsten Cinema introduced the Downwinders Parity Act. This is an important piece of legislation to help Arizonans in Mojave County who have long sought the ability to access payments due for exposure to downwind […]
