Posted 3/7/2024, 2:11:00 PM
Senate Vote on Expanding Radiation Exposure Victim Compensation Draws Oscar Spotlight
- Senate to vote on Hawley bill to expand and renew 30-year-old Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA)
- RECA compensates people exposed to radiation from nuclear testing and uranium mining
- Bill would expand coverage to more states and extend window for compensating uranium miners
- Vote comes as biopic spotlighting atomic testing, "Oppenheimer," is Oscar favorite
- Advocates like Phil Harrison have lobbied for years to expand RECA, say time and resources running out