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‘Downwinders Clinic’ will host free meetings across Utah for RECA-eligible families
The free meetings will explain a $100,000 RECA payment as all of Utah now qualifies under expanded federal rules.
- The Intermountain Health Downwinders Clinic is hosting public information meetings in St. George, Provo, Salt Lake City, Logan, and Ogden during late July and early August to inform residents about expanded Radiation Exposure Compensation Act eligibility.
- Previously, residents in only 10 counties were eligible for RECA, despite evidence fallout from Nevada Test Site experiments impacted the whole state. Now all of Utah is considered an affected area.
- Eligible 'downwinders' who contracted serious illnesses can receive a $100,000 one-time payment. Those who previously received RECA indemnification do not qualify for additional payments under the expanded program.
- A bipartisan group of lawmakers is working to amend the program to include individuals from Montana, Arizona, Colorado, Guam, and Nevada, with the application period currently set to end on Dec. 31, 2027.
- Nuclear weapons experiments at the Nevada Test Site, including a 61-kiloton detonation on June 4, 1953, spread fallout across multiple states. After a 2024 gap when Congress failed to reauthorize the program, the clinic now offers application reviews by phone appointment.
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‘Downwinders Clinic’ will host free meetings across Utah for RECA-eligible families
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