radiation exposure compensation actとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The United States Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) is a federal statute providing for the monetary compensation of people, including atomic veterans, who contracted cancer and a number of other specified diseases as a direct result of their exposure to atmospheric nuclear testing undertaken by the United States during the Cold War, or their exposure to high levels of radon while doing uranium mining. The 1990 act provided the following remunerations:

• $50,000 to individuals residing or working "downwind" of the Nevada Test Site
• $75,000 for workers participating in atmospheric nuclear weapons tests
• $100,000 for uranium miners, millers, and ore transporters