‘Oppenheimer’ Measure Draws Support for Aid to Radiation Victims

The Senate, capitalizing on intense publicity about “Oppenheimer,” the blockbuster movie depicting the creation of the atomic bomb, voted to expand compensation for victims of radiation exposure resulting from the federal government’s testing of the weapon in the mid-20th century.

A bipartisan amendment to the annual defense authorization act (S. 2226) won Senate approval on a 61-32 vote Thursday. It would direct the government to augment existing federal benefits for more individuals who developed cancer and other diseases because of radiation contamination stemming from nuclear and uranium mining testing in the US, including as part of the top-secret ...