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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.
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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.
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INACTIVE – Send an email to urge your U.S. Representative to re-initiate and expand RECA.
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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).
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Silent Contamination is an interactive timeline that explores Native American involvement in the nuclear industry and the consequences that have followed.
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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.
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In the struggle to expand and extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act within this session of Congress, we have now reached the 11th hour.
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PSR urges the House to vote to expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act prior to June 7, when the existing RECA program expires altogether.
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PSR will continue to stand with our neighbors and coalition partners to push for support from the House of Representatives.
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PSR’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition program worked tirelessly in 2023 to promote disarmament and achieve justice for nuclear-affected communities.
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