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Fund for uranium victims approved
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2001 The $345 billion defense spending bill approved by the Senate on Tuesday includes $655 million to pay victims of radiation exposure. Some of the funds would go to uranium miners and downwinders in the Four Corners area. Many of the miners and victims are Navajo. A number have died because the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act program ran out of money. The bill earmarks $172 million for RECA. Get the Story:
Senate OKs Aid to Nuke Workers (AP 10/3) Get the Bill:
A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military constructions, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy (S.1438) Related Stories:
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House defeats uranium compensation (7/13)
Senate approves radiation compensation (7/12)
Senate panel approves uranium fund (6/22)
Bill would compensate radiation victims (6/21)
Uranium IOUs not funded by Bush (6/4)
Uranium still leading to death (4/2)
Compensation for radiation urged (3/02)
Uranium compensation slow to come (1/29)
Uranium poisons Navajo miners (7/31)
Law compensates Navajo miners (7/25)
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