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Trinity test victims to be compensated 80 years after nuclear blast
The article reports that victims of the world’s first nuclear test, the Trinity Test conducted by the U.S. military on July 16, 1945, near New Mexico’s Jornada del Muerto desert, will finally be eligible for compensation after an 80-year wait. Residents near the test site were exposed to harmful radiation without warning or evacuation, leading to widespread health issues, including cancer. Although the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was established in 1990 to compensate individuals affected by nuclear testing and uranium mining, it initially excluded those impacted by the Trinity Test fallout and residents of Navajo lands. Recent revisions to RECA, included in a Republican tax bill signed by former President Trump just before the test’s 80th anniversary, now extend compensation eligibility to these New Mexico victims and uranium miners who supplied material for the bomb. The reauthorization of RECA on July 3 also extended the RECA Trust Fund and expanded claimant eligibility categories, which now include uranium miners, millers
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China has produced its first barrel of natural uranium from its largest domestic project, the "National No 1 Uranium" demonstration project, located in the Ordos basin of Inner Mongolia. This milestone, announced by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), marks a significant advancement in unlocking complex sandstone uranium deposits that were previously considered too difficult to develop. Utilizing advanced in situ leaching technology, the project exemplifies a “green, safe, intelligent and efficient” mining approach, supporting China’s goals for enhanced energy security and a greener nuclear power sector. This development represents a strategic shift in China’s uranium production from traditional volcanic and granite deposits in Jiangxi province to the northern regions, particularly Inner Mongolia, where large sandstone-type uranium deposits have been discovered over the past two decades. Unlike richer granite deposits, these sandstone deposits have lower uranium concentrations and were previously uneconomical to exploit. The new in situ leaching method injects a carbon dioxide-oxygen aqueous solution underground to dissolve uranium, which is then pumped
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