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Op-ed by Magritte Gordaneer, PSR Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program Manager, in the Nevada Current.
PSR Board Member Ann Suellentrop, MSRN, attended events in New Mexico commemorating the July 16 anniversary of the Trinity bomb explosion in 1945, 80 years ago.
On July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert, the United States detonated the world’s first nuclear weapon. The Trinity nuclear test marked the beginning of the atomic age and a legacy of radiation exposure that continues to harm human lives and the environment nearly a century later.
Radiation survivors from the Navajo Nation, Laguna Pueblo, Acoma Pueblo and Hopi tribe are in Washington, DC, September 24th to 26th to urge Congress to re-initiate and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA).
Silent Contamination is an interactive timeline that explores Native American involvement in the nuclear industry and the consequences that have followed.
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, otherwise known as RECA, expired on June 7th even though on March 7th the Senate passed S. 3853 with strong bipartisan support in a 69 to 30 vote.
In the struggle to expand and extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act within this session of Congress, we have now reached the 11th hour.
PSR urges the House to vote to expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act prior to June 7, when the existing RECA program expires altogether.
PSR will continue to stand with our neighbors and coalition partners to push for support from the House of Representatives.
PSR’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition program worked tirelessly in 2023 to promote disarmament and achieve justice for nuclear-affected communities.