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 ...

This story was a collaboration between St. Louis Public Radio and the Belleville News-Democrat. Along the border of Venice and Madison in the metro-east, a 1.4 million-square-foot factory and former ...

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expires this summer. The initial bill passed the Senate earlier this year but has yet to be considered in the House. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has been pushing ...

A sign identifies a repository near Edgemont where 4 million tons of radioactive tailings from a former uranium mill have been buried since the 1980s. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight) The ...

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 ...

The Senate is set to vote Thursday on a stand-alone bill introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) to expand and renew a 30-year-old law compensating Americans exposed to radiation by the federal ...

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 ...

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Aug. 14, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — After years of advocacy and policy delays, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) has been reauthorized and expanded through December 31, ...

“They know they work. Why do they keep testing them.” This wasn’t a question. It was a statement my brother Maury Modine made as he was arrested during an anti-nuclear test demonstration in the ...

VENICE, Ill — The fight is far from over. That was the message from state and local leaders who came together Sunday to highlight the need for compensation after decades-long radiation exposure in the ...