A program to compensate uranium miners and people who lived downwind of nuclear bomb testing then developed certain cancers ...

Shipments of uranium ore are expected to resume in February after the Navajo Nation reached a settlement with a mining ...

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act provides a program that compensates individuals who become ill because of exposure to ...

Uranium is the naturally occurring element with the highest atomic number. Its discovery in 1789 in the mineral pitchblende (or uraninite) is credited to the German chemist Martin Heinrich ...

Senators reintroduce a bipartisan bill to compensate Americans harmed by radiation exposure from nuclear programs.

U.S. Sens. Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich have joined other senators on both sides of the aisle in reintroducing the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act in an effort to revive ...

Senate Energy and Natural Resources ranking member Martin Heinrich is accusing Chair Mike Lee of breaching “protocol and precedent” over a hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for ...

Uranium mining companies are operating in difficult environments in many jurisdictions, facing challenges ranging from regulatory compliance, environmental delays, rising costs, and labor relations.

Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., announced that his Good ... Utah has a history rich in mining including copper, silver and uranium. Often when mines no longer produced, they were simply abandoned ...

WASHINGTON — A program to compensate uranium miners and people who lived ... Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich are trying to renew it. Luján, D-N.M., reintroduced the Radiation Exposure ...

U.S. Sens. Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich have joined other senators on both sides of the aisle in reintroducing the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act in an effort to revive and ...