World Aug 05 Fears rise over Japan’s upcoming release of Fukushima nuclear wastewater By Rebecca Bundhun
Nation Jun 20 Supreme Court rejects appeal from veterans seeking disability benefits after radiation exposure A federal appeals court rejected the class-action claims. The Supreme Court’s action leaves that ruling in place. By Associated Press
World Feb 07 Court denies aid for Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors’ children A Japanese court has rejected a damage suit filed by a group of children of Hiroshima atomic bombing survivors seeking government support for medical costs, saying the hereditary impact of radiation exposure is still unknown. By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press
Nation Oct 20 Feds to conduct further testing for radioactive contamination in Missouri school The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct new testing at a Missouri grade school to learn more about the level of radioactive contamination in the school and on its playground. By Jim Salter, Associated Press
Nation Oct 19 Medical guidance sought after radioactive contamination closes school Coldwater Creek runs directly behind Jana Elementary. The creek was contaminated in the 1940s and 1950s when waste from atomic bomb material manufactured in St. Louis got into the waterway. By Jim Salter, Associated Press
Aug 08 Watch 9:39 Residents in the Southwest struggle with the health effects of nuclear ore extraction By Stephanie Sy, Lena I. Jackson, Frank Carlson Residents of the Southwest including many Indigenous people have for years been exposed to high levels of radiation from uranium extraction and refining, a toxic legacy from the Cold War's weapons program and nuclear power generation. Stephanie Sy reports in… Continue watching