LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Dozens of former nuclear employees, their families and caretakers gathered this week at what was once headquarters for the top-secret program that produced the world's first ...

WASHINGTON -- For years, radiation experts at the nation's nuclear weapons sites failed to adequately protect workers from on-the-job hazards. Now, some of those experts are helping run a compensation ...

() - Nevada veterans are awaiting the final passage of S. 2220, a landmark bill that would acknowledge those who served at ...

Activists for victims of the nation’s nuclear development and testing programs descended on Washington this week in hopes of pushing forward legislation to renew and expand a compensation fund that ...

For years, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has been the face of a fight in Congress to reauthorize and expand access to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), which provides compensation to ...

Tina Cordova, a founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, protests in support of RECA expansion on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Danielle Prokop/Source NM) In June of 2024 during the 118th ...

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 ...

Sen. Telo Taitague co-sponsored a resolution this week to form a Pacific-Wide task force on nuclear fallout impact, signaling ...