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RECA Passes in Trump’s Big Bill

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RECA survivors, supporters, and their champions in Congress not only got the bill reauthorized in Trump’s “OBBBA” spending tome but its reach has been expanded from the currently covered 41,000 to more than 125,000 people who are now eligible to apply.

National Heat-Safety Programs Slashed

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A Dream for a Late Congressman, Trump Plans to Defund OSHA’s New Heat Standards for Outdoor Workers

When the Radiation Stopped Falling from the Skies

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As we approach 80 years from the day the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, it is worth looking back at how a small group of determined activists in the US and the then-Soviet Union came together and fought successfully to end atmospheric testing.

Ira Helfand Pleads Once Again to Heed the Warning Signs of Renewed Threats of Atomic War

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Today, April 30, Dr. Helfand is speaking at the third preparatory meeting of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) at UN headquarters in New York City. The treaty is verified by the states involved in perpetuity but is reviewed every five years.

Gov. Hobbs Uses Her Veto Power Generously

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Gov. Hobbs Gives Her Stamp of Disapproval to Small Nuclear Reactors and 51 Other Bills

RECA Remains Somewhere in the Shadows of the ‘Temporary’ US Budget

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In the chaos that has accompanied the first agonizing days of the Trump Administration, one piece of humanitarian legislation among the hundreds he has quashed continues to be MIA, despite the numerous pleas by victims and lawmakers to bring it back to life: RECA, the 1990 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

Remembering Rep. Grijalva   

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Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva passed away on March 13 after a long battle with cancer.

Are Small Nuclear Reactors Coming to Arizona?

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Arizona Utilities Seek DOE Funding for Small Nuclear Reactor Projects $900 Million Incentive to Go Small As 2025 began, Arizona’s three largest utilities, Arizona Public Service (APS), Tucson Electric Power…

A Guide to Getting Involved in Solutions

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PSR and its partners are built on a foundation of vigorous community action. It is our mission to protest loudly while doing something tangible — education, training, marching, writing letters — to end the growing number of existential threats to life and public well-being staring us in the face.

89 Seconds to the Apocalypse

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“We did not see progress in 2024,” reported Daniel Holz, Science and Security Board chair for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, at today’s unveiling of the Doomsday Clock.

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