Senate passes stand-alone bill to extend, expand compensation for radiation victims | The Hill

Senate passes stand-alone bill to extend, expand compensation for radiation victims | The Hill: The Senate passed a stand-alone bill to extend and expand a 30-year-old law compensating Americans exposed to radiation by the federal government in a 69-30 vote. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), first enacted in 1990, compensates Americans exposed to radiation by World War II-era nuclear testing and Cold War-era uranium mining. However, it is…