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JUSTICE FOR RADIATION VICTIMS LATEST DEVELOPMENTS NAS Fallout Compensation Report released April 28, 2005. Calls for expansion of fallout compensation program. Executive Summary
The 372-page report prepared for Congress by the National Academies of Science, can be read online and published copies purchased at http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11279.html
STRONG AND WIDESPREAD REACTIONS FOLLOWED THE RELEASE OF THE NAS REPORT. FOR A COLLECTION OF MEDIA ON THE NAS REPORT RELEASE CLICK HERE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE NAS FALLOUT COMPENSATION REPORT, THE HEARINGS AND 18 MONTH CAMPAIGN TO FORCE HEARINGS ACROSS THE WEST, AND BACKGROUND ON THE FALLOUT COMPENSATION ACT AND THE DEBATE OVER EXPANDING IT, PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR INDEPTH REPORTS, RESOURCES, AND HISTORICAL INFORMATION. FOR OTHER RESOURCES CONCERNING CONPENSATION AND OTHER ISSUES FACING COLD WAR RADIATION VICTIMS CHECK OUT OUR RADIATION VICTIMS' SECTION!
NEW
NUCLEAR WEAPONS THREATS...
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS Revealed:
UK develops secret nuclear warhead
Israel
deploys nuclear arms in submarines The
Dangers of a Middle East Nuclear War Scientists
dream up new nukes Rumsfeld
Seeks to Revive Burrowing Nuclear Bomb Opening
Pandora’s Box: How RNEP and RRW could affect the U.S. nuclear
stockpile |
DIVINE
VICTORY HOLD
THE MUSHROOMS Divine
Strake bites the dust Divine
victory: A
Divine Strake victory
LATEST NEWS BRIEFS... Busywork
for Nuclear Scientists The
Next Nuclear Holocaust History
of French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific Downwinders Meet in Boise Call For Justice, Denounce Divine Strake Graves
hold stories of common cause Still
Watching Divine
Strake addressed Compensation
still a distant possibility Downwinders
mark nuclear test day Divine Strake Plans Trigger Massive Public Outcry Lawmakers
back resolution slamming Divine Strake RESOLUTION
OPPOSING DIVINE STRAKE Congress'
Nuclear Liability 10,000
responses to Divine Strake test Newsman
defends on-air Strake comments Utah
House committee unanimously opposes Nevada test
Scientists
call Strake dangerous Officials
again protest Divine Strake explosion The
People Speak: When the Public is Not Welcome Lawmakers,
speak up Kane
Joins Fight Against Divine Strake Government's
fallout prediction inaccurate, Divine Strake foes say Same
Old Bomb Public
Pushes Back Against Planned Test on Old Nuke Site A
great teacher Downwinders
Fight Bomb Test Life
after the blast DIVINE
STRAKE MAY KILL YOU Divine
deceit: Let's call a bomb a bomb Opposition
mounts Hearing
like a rally as Utahns rail against Divine Strake test Dixie
residents crowd public hearing on Strake EDITORIAL:
Weapons test a concern for southern Utah Utahns
don't want this bomb Public
gets chance to speak Attend
meeting on test Editorial Hold
the government accountable Doomsday
Clock ticking. If
they can't, neither can we Divine
Strake gets blasted The
Divine dividing line Officials
seek more Strake hearings Divine
Strake: Hatch, Matheson criticize meetings on blast Divine
Strake session criticized Critics
urge more Divine Strake study Divine
Strake visitors frustrated Utah
Senator Hatch and Congressman Matheson critize Divine Strake sessions,
demand public meetings.
Opponents
of Nevada Bomb Test Fault Impact Studies Springdale
Town Council signs statement against Divine Strake
Divine
Strake change for hearing sparks ire Demand
answers: Guv, congressmen should get tough on bomb Governor
sets Divine Strake hearings Divine
Strake: The word is out - and it doesn't mean a thing Discussing
Divine Strake Letter
From Idaho Congressional Delegation Leaders
want details on Nevada bomb test Downwinders'
United Press Release Linking Divine Strake to Threat of New Testing,
Pull
plug on Divine Strake By Huntsman
orders 2 hearings on 'Strake' Guv
wants Utah to have a say Bomb
test at NTS remains explosive Stop
the bomb: Divine Strake's threat is real Doubts
cast on need for new nukes DEFUNDED UTAH THYROID STUDY SHOWED LINK TO NTS FALLOUT Radioactive
iodine linked to thyroid disease Fallout
from the new fallout study Thyroditis
linked to fallout Fallout-thyroid
link gets boost
North Korea Tests Nuclear Bomb Downwinders
concerned over nuke Nuclear
predicament — Tremors: Utahns, others voice shock Nuclear
bomb test 'just a day away' U.N.
warns North Korea against nuclear weapon test North
Korea 'could test bomb this weekend' World
powers urge NKorea to cancel nuclear test US
spy satellites detect N Korea's nuclear moves N.
Korea's Kim Rallies Army Commanders Pyongyang
defiant over nuclear test North
Korea's nuclear wake-up call North
Korea raises stakes with threat to carry out nuclear weapons test North
Korea will conduct nuclear test. N.
Korea says it will conduct nuke test Bush
Pushes Nuclear Weapons Development in US Divine
Strake heads for N.M. White
Sands may host bunker-buster bomb test Divine
Strake fight not over North
Korea 'determined to carry out underground test' 'Atomic
veterans' sift fallout from court ruling Bush
warns North Korean on possible nuclear test North
Korea N-test would be 'extremely provocative,' U.S. warns N.
Korea Appears to Be Preparing for Nuclear Test U.S.
puzzles over N. Korea n-site DIVINE STRAKE POSTPONED TO 2007 Keep
tabs on Divine Strake Feds
delay non-nuclear bomb test The
21st Century motto ought to be "Not on my planet"
Awaiting
the Divine Kanab
plans Divine Strake protest rally Kanab
residents to rally against blast Ensure
bomb delay sticks Uproar
Downwind SEE
ALSO: NNSA
Walking a Fine Line on Divine Strake Postponed
test should be permanently shelved Idahoans
demand Divine Strake info Anderson
calls on delegation to hear test-blast concerns Rocky
wants N. Utah talks on blast Colleagues
don't get that the government lies about weapons testing,
Nevada
blast delay a victory, critics say U.S.
Gov't Postpones "Divine Strake" Test Mushroom
Cloud Blast in Nevada Delayed Bomb
test may be delayed Use
of Tactical Nukes Could Kill 100s Of 1000s Emmett
Downwinder Against 'Divine Strake' 'Divine
Strake' delayed? Agency says, 'no' Stop
blast for kids' sake Bomb
testing valley's patience Action growing over huge explosion Strake
may mimic small nuke Emmett-Messenger
Index
Defense
officials try to allay fears of stirring up nuclear debris Nevada
opposition remains to huge test detonation Divine
Mistrake Reliving
past with 700-ton blast Redoing
RECA -- Idaho Senator Larry Craig --Press release PDF Copy Of Department of Justice Report Justice
tells Craig law change needed to help Idaho downwinders APRIL 26, 2006 Chernobyl
plus 20
Divine Strake Test
blast linked to nuke weapons Hatch,
Matheson call for review of blast data Guv
says Nevada blast is a bad idea Matheson
Says Test Site Tour Confirms His Concerns Right
to strike first? Never! Bush's
Latest Nuclear Gambit Mushroom
cloud blast in Nevada desert said to meet state permit Environmental
officials halt test site explosion Big
blast, big mistake Nevada
demands blast data Divine Strake: Bush's
denial of plans for Iran hit wrong chord before Test Site blast The
nuclear club Rep.
Matheson worried about upcoming test Matheson
objects to plans for blast in Nevada Matheson
pursues: Spokeswoman says reference to 'nuclear weapons' in budget document
was a goof Bomb
Test: The Pentagon says it's just a test and won't lead to nuclear development
Concerns
over blast mushroom Others
in Congress question test Nevada
test plans provoke skepticism Planned
Nevada test blast worries watchdog groups Divine
Strake: Global Strike Low-Yield Nuclear Simulation Test
blast in Nevada: A nuclear rehearsal Scientists
say planned blast a part of nuclear testing Desert
explosion to simluate mini-nuke 'MUSHROOM
CLOUD OVER LAS VEGAS' Lawmaker
Warns Against Developing New U.S. Nukes US
to test 700-tonne explosive New
weapons tests worrisome New
nuclear threat for Utah? Nuclear
Bunker Buster Bombs againt Iran: Madness Operation Crossroads -- 60th Anniversary of United States nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands Senators
request continued support for "Downwinders" Nuclear
worker program overspends millions Where’s
help for downwinders? Thyroid
woes a long-term risk after exposure to radiation Senators
Burns, Craig, and Crapo RequestContinued Support for “Downwinders”
COMPENSATION
PAYMENTS FOR DOWNWINDERS MARK HUGE MILESTONE Study
says 16,000 died from fallout US
signals abandonment of nuclear disarmament Payments
to victims of fallout passes $1 billion Radiation-fallout
compensation reaches $1 billion Radiation
Linked to Thyroid Nodules in Atomic Bomb Survivors
Radiation
Effects Linger in Atomic-Bomb Survivors, Study Says
Nuclear
fallout report leaves government's course up in air
Downwinders
say fallout study numbers don’t add up Udall
seeks hearing on Bush cuts Program
for sick nuclear workers targeted for cut CDC
Releases its Final Report on Nuclear Fallout in Idaho More
hints of fallout danger Fallout
study corrects old estimates Fallout
from Nuclear Weapons Tests and Cancer France
covered up nuclear fallout in Tahiti FRENCH
POLYNESIA: Tahiti Subjected To Nuclear Test Fallout, Says Leaked Report
Altai
radiation dispute Release
the fallout report Preserving
fallout data called vital for research
Nukes
not off radar just yet Downwinders
looking for action on compensation: Crapo wants to include new provisions
One
Year After the Hearing Downwinders
ask Groe for help in battle to be compensated. Effort
to expand radiation compensation continues CRAPO,
CHAIRMAN DISCUSS DOWNWINDER PLANS Where’s
help for downwinders? Downwinders want Hatch to help with compensation RECA
line could be long Senators,
Downwinders want radiation compensation expanded Downwinders
want Hatch to help with compensation Downwinders' Letter to Hatch, Press Release, and Background
Radiation
payments improving Federal
downwinder program improving PDF Copy of GAO REPORT On RECA Improving Burns
Pushes for RECA Hearings Letter From Senator Burns Requesting Senate Hearing on RECA Expansion (PDF) Sheri
Garmon, A Leader of Idaho Downwinders Dies of Cancer
Sharon
(Sheri) Dawn Garmon Downwinder
Advocate Succumbs to Cancer Nuclear
rocket testing may be revived for NASA Group
debunks bunker buster In
our view: Nuclear weapons vs. terrorism The
nuclear weapons business is booming Congress
considers funding nuclear weapons testing Are
they really listening? No
nukes Budget
cut claim misleading
Delegation
questioned about proposal to eliminate RECA IN
OUR VIEW Downwinders: An unkind cut House
committee proposes $27M cut to RECA Mississippi
residents remember their nuclear bomb blast Guest
opinion: Montana suffers effects of U.S. nuclear testing Senate Appropriations Committee Restores Funding For Bunker-Buster....... Do
as we say: Weapon would encourage others to develop nukes
Downwinders
outraged after Senate OKs funding for nukes Downwinder
concern "falls out" of senators' conscience Nuke
testing in Nevada - never again Matheson
Vows to Fight Funding for New Nukes Senate
panel OKs nuke bomb study Senate
panel restores funds for nuke projects Senate
committee funds bunker-buster study MORE FALLOUT FROM TERMINATION OF UTAH THYROID STUDY ...... Questions
haunt many Downwinders Hundreds
in study to get news of thyroid ills Conclusions
elusive in U. thyroid study MORE FALLOUT FROM N.A.S FALLOUT REPORT........... Downwinders
need answers while there is still time Marshalls
to seek new nuclear compensation from US SENATORS
INTRODUCE DOWNWINDER LEGISLATION Full text of Crapo's bill and his floor statement (pdf) Senators
aim to aid downwinder radiation victims Crapo
to present downwinder bill today Cancer
compensation is a Crapo project Ball
in Congress' court on downwinders' plight Montanans
exposed to nuclear tests could be compensated Downwinder
issues hit close to home for Sen. Craig Report:
We're All Downwinders, But Don't Expect a Check Mixed
reactions to NAS report Following
the fallout: Vermont health impacts of nuke tests hard to track Guam
residents may be compensated for US nuclear testing Report
provides 'mixed victory' for downwinders
Group
seeks compensation for Guam radiation victims THREAT OF IMMINENT NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST.... Defiant
NKorea stokes concern over nuclear test Spy
photos spot signs of N Korea nuclear test site South
Korea skeptical about reports North preparing for nuclear test U.S.
Warns North Korea Against Nuclear Test North
Korea to Conduct Nuclear Tests in June — Top Russian Politician
U.S.
Cites Signs of Korean Preparations for Nuclear Test Official:
N. Korea Nuclear Test Possible North
Korean nuclear test would have disastrous consequences - UN nuclear
chief Blast
or bluff? BUSH ADMINISTRATION DRIVE FOR NEW NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THE THREAT OF RENEWED TESTING... Critics
smother bunker-buster House
panel blocks nuclear `bunker buster' funds BUNKER-BUSTER
REPORT: Earth-penetrating nuke would not spare civilians Many
Deaths Still Expected With Earth-Penetrating Nuclear Weapons
NONPROLIFERATION AND TEST BAN TREATIES.... Australia's
FM confident interest will grow in nuclear test ban treaty Nuclear
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