Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

People who lived near nuclear test and waste sites across the Mountain West and were sickened from their exposure to radiation are hopeful lawmakers will revive a program to help them. It comes amid a day of remembrance for so-called “downwinders".

A federal fund that compensates people sickened by radiation from nuclear weapons testing is set to expire next year. However, a new proposal to both extend and expand it.

Governors of Western states have signed letters supporting a pair of bills that would compensate more people who were exposed to radiation from nuclear...