DoomsdaysCWAug 3, 2024

So, apparently, aging #NuclearPowerPlants and #NuclearWeapons programs get TONS of cash, while people who lived #Downwind of #NuclearWeaponsTests and #UraniumMines (and #UraniumMills) get NOTHING?!! Wow...!

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/world/europe/reca-nuclear-radiation-congress.html

https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2024/07/05/navajo-uranium-miners-people-downwind-atom-bomb-tests-demand-justice/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/opinion-utah-must-reauthorize-the-radiation-exposure-compensation-act/ar-BB1qHmyj

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/07/26/the-advance-act-a-bipartisan-surrender-to-the-nuclear-lobby/

#Downwinders #NoNukes
#NoWar #BanTheBomb
#NoUraniumMining #RECA #NuclearWar #AdvanceAct #NuclearWeapons
#ICANN #Oppenheimer
#HaulNo #InformedConsent
#EnvironmentalRacism #WaterIsLife

U.S. Fund for Nuclear Radiation Victims Set to Expire Amid Impasse in Congress

Lawmakers are looking for a way to extend the program to compensate victims of government-caused nuclear contamination who fell ill, and some are seeking to expand it.

The New York Times
SubtleBlade ⚔️Aug 25, 2023

Endless #fallout: the #Pacific idyll still facing #nuclear blight 77 years on

The film #Oppenheimer has shone a global spotlight on the dawn of US #NuclearWeaponsTests. In the #MarshallIslands, where 23 of those earth-shattering blasts happened, people have never been able to forget
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/25/endless-fallout-marshall-islands-pacific-idyll-still-facing-nuclear-blight-77-years-on

Endless fallout: the Pacific idyll still facing nuclear blight 77 years on

The film Oppenheimer has shone a global spotlight on the dawn of US nuclear weapons tests. In the Marshall Islands, where 23 of those earth-shattering blasts happened, people have never been able to forget

The Guardian