US Senate votes to expand radiation-exposure compensation, from Guam to original A-bomb test site – Metro US
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has endorsed a major expansion of a compensation program for people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing and the mining of uranium during the Cold War, with a vote Thursday on a massive defense spending bill. Advancing on a 86-11 Senate vote, the provisions […]