Communities are asking for more transparency from the government and an expansion of the 1990 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
In the 1940s the U.S. was in a race to build the first nuclear weapons, setting up testing sites and plants across the country.
The nuclear waste from that project, conducted by Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, eventually seeped through its barrels, contaminating nearby Coldwater Creek. Resident Ashley Bernaugh says she's been fighting for transparency for years, filing a FOIA request to learn more. Others who believe they were impacted by similar nuclear initiatives gathered in D.C. for prayer and action. They're hoping to urge Congress to extend and expand the 1990 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which offers compensation to people in parts of some Western states, but didn't include other areas advocates say have been impacted like parts of Utah, Missouri or uranium miners and community members of the Navajo Nation. Legislation has already passed the Senate.
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