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Radiation exposure victims fight for compensation as nuclear weapons funding soars

By Chloe Shrager | Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Weapons

A protester near the Trinity nuclear test site. Legislation to extend and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was recently reintroduced in the US Senate after stalling in the House late im 2024. (Credit: Jonny Coker / KRWG)

Why cost should not be an obstacle to compensating nuclear survivors

By Alicia Sanders-Zakre, Susi Snyder | Analysis, Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Weapons

Stacks of money. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. Credit: geralt. CC0 1.0.

500,000,000,000 reasons to scrutinize the US plan for nuclear weapons

By Kingston Reif, Mandy Smithberger | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons