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An atomic veteran is a veteran who was exposed to ionizing radiation while present in the site of a nuclear explosion during active duty.The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs defines an atomic veteran "who, as part of his or her military service: Participated in an above-ground nuclear test, 1945–1962; or was part of the U.S. military occupation forces in/around Hiroshima/Nagasaki before ...
In 2012, Congress passed a law that provided health care and other benefits to qualifying veterans who served at the U.S. Marine Corps training facility in North Carolina, as well as their families.
The passage of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990 allowed for a systematic filing of compensation claims in relation to testing as well as those employed at nuclear weapons facilities. As of June 2009 over $1.4 billion total has been given in compensation, with over $660 million going to "downwinders". [108]
The BOMARC launch complex at McGuire AFB. BOMARC Site RW-01 is a 75-acre (30 ha) [1] fenced-off site contaminated primarily with "weapons-grade plutonium (WGP), highly-enriched and depleted uranium."
“It has a long half-life in the body, during which time the radiation continues,” said Dr. James Dahlgren, who has been treating and studying people with toxic chemical exposures for more than ...
The NRQZ includes portions of West Virginia and Virginia and a small part of Maryland. The National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) is a large area of land in the United States designated as a radio quiet zone, in which radio transmissions are restricted by law to facilitate scientific research and the gathering of military intelligence.
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1982 Lost radiation source in Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR. [6] 1980 Houston radiotherapy accident. [6] [7] 1979 Church Rock uranium mill spill; 1979 Three Mile Island accident and Three Mile Island accident health effects; 1974–1976 Columbus radiotherapy accident. [6] [7] 1969 Lucens reactor; 1968 Thule B-52 crash; 1966 Palomares B-52 crash