Many families across Colorado and the Four Corners region may now qualify for Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) benefits and not even realize it. For decades, ...

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 ...

After decades of fighting, advocates for those who faced radiation exposure in Arizona and elsewhere are getting a big win through President Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill. That push in ...

CLOSER THAN WE’VE EVER BEEN BEFORE. A BIG WIN LAST WEEK FOR DOWNWINDERS IN NEW MEXICO. THIS COMES AFTER THE SENATE APPROVED TO INCLUDE THEM IN THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT. ACTION 7 NEWS ...

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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 ...

Idaho residents who lived in the state during U.S. nuclear weapons tests between 1951 and 1962 and later developed certain cancers can now apply for $100,000 in federal compensation under the ...

Sheron Carter’s brother and grandfather died from cancer after working at the Nevada Test Site. Three years ago, the 66-year-old Las Vegas native was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now, she’s demanding ...

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 ...