Through the course of half a dozen trips to Washington, D.C., Dawn Chapman has become accustomed to long days of congressional meetings and questions about St. Louis decades-long struggle with radioactive contamination.
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Residents of impacted communities are heading to Washington to speak in favor of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act before it expires this summer.
More communities are asking the U.S. government to expand compensation for potential radiation exposure that came from processing and testing nuclear fuel and weapons.