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Downwinders were individuals and communities, in the United States, in the intermountain West between the Cascade and Rocky Mountain ranges primarily in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah but also in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho who were exposed to radioactive contamination or nuclear fallout from atmospheric or underground nuclear weapons testing, and nuclear accidents.
A mass tort lawsuit was brought by two thousand Hanford downwinders. [200] In 2005 two of six plaintiffs who went to trial were awarded $500,000 in damages. [241] The DOE resolved the final cases in October 2015, paying out more than $60 million in legal fees and $7 million in damages. [200] Hanford storage tanks in 2014
The verdict was overturned in January 1983 by the Georgia Supreme Court and a new trial was ordered. [8] As Berendt wrote in his book: "The ruling appeared to be little more than a temporary reprieve. The hole in the floor had been unimportant in the trial; the main points of evidence in Spencer Lawton's case against Williams still remained ...
The Hanford Site is the most polluted area in the US, though cleanup started decades ago.. Estimates say it will take decades more and up to $640 billion to finish the job. The site just received ...
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Tina Cordova with the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium speaks during a press conference about reparations for New Mexicans impacted by the Trinity Site, Sept. 20, 2023 at the U.S. Senate.
Atomic Frontier Days: Hanford and the American West is a nonfiction book describing the history of the Hanford Site.It details the history of Hanford and the neighboring Tri-Cities region during World War II and the Cold War.
A second legal challenge to the award of a $45 billion contract for environmental cleanup work at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington has been denied.. U.S. Judge Marian Blank Horn ...