Compensation Overhauled for Nuke Workers
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Congressional lawmakers have agreed to dramatically reform a compensation program for sick nuclear weapons workers and take it out of the hands of the Energy Department, which has been criticized for taking too long to pay the workers.
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At least $38.1 billion in compensation has been distributed to victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, a Rand Corp. study shows.
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A bill to be introduced on the sixth anniversary of the attacks would provide medical coverage and financial compensation to anyone exposed to ground zero dust.
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InfoWorld - More than a month after Symantec Corp. knocked out 50,000 Chinese PCs with a bad software update, the company is ready to offer compensation. But Chinese users eligible for the offer have to act fast; it&#39;s only good for a couple of weeks.
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The National Nuclear Security Administration proposed a $1.1 million civil penalty against the former manager of a nuclear weapons lab for more than a dozen safety violations
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By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Dec. 11--OAK RIDGE -- The U.S. Department of Energy has revised its  strategy -- and its price tag -- for one of the most challenging nuclear  projects in recent history.
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday approved legislation to pay compensation to settlers uprooted by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza withdrawal plan.
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The Bush administration wants to expand a medical screening program to former nuclear weapons workers at 12 additional sites nationwide, nearly doubling the number of workers who would be screened.
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Thousands of people tortured under Augusto Pinochet&#39;s former military regime in Chile were granted compensation yesterday. President Ricardo Lagos made the offer as an official report
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A federal panel chooses a go-slow approach to investigating whether workers got cancer at the nuclear weapons facility
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A top power official apologized for radioactive leaks and several other malfunctions that occurred at a Japanese nuclear plant after a deadly earthquake, but said the company's basic safety measures still worked.
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Victims of the Sept. 11 attacks received more than $38 billion in compensation - a figure 30 times the size of the largest previous disaster payout and one that is unlikely to be matched, according to a Rand Corp.
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Idaho residents who believe Cold War nuclear testing harmed their health will testify before a National Academy of Sciences panel to say they should be included in a federal compensation program.
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Damage to the reactor head of the Davis-Besse power plant in Ohio ranks among the top five most serious nuclear plant accidents or near-accidents since Three Mile Island, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Monday.
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The U.S. government should replace more than 1,000 irradiation machines used in hospitals and research facilities because terrorists could use the radioactive materials inside them to make "dirty" bombs, a government advisory panel has concluded.
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The Ministry of Defence is to offer compensation and an apology to the Porton Down victims of secret chemical testing, it was reported today
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The government offers new compensation deal for miners' widows offering Â£1,300 or Â£1,000 to next of kin.