KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Trent Franks has introduced legislation that would compensate Mohave County residents exposed to radioactive fallout from nuclear testing during the 1950s and 1960s.
The Arizona Republican introduced House Bill 4712 to amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
The federal government in 1990 recognized the damage aboveground tests had done to residents in Utah, Nevada and Arizona.
The act is designed to compensate victims that lived downwind of the Nevada Test Site, worked in uranium mines or worked at the test site and developed cancer.
Utah, Nevada and Arizona residents can receive $50,000, but they must have lived in the right spot, during the right time and have the right disease.
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Information from: Kingman Daily Miner, http://www.kingmandailyminer.com
