Bush Administration Sought To Cut Payments To Sickened Nukes Workers

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The Bush administration sought to limit payouts to nuclear weapons workers sickened by radiation and toxic material, according to a memo written by congressional investigators and obtained by USA Today.

The investigation focuses on a federal program created in 2000 to compensate people with cancers and other illnesses tied to their work at government and contractor-owned facilities involved in Cold War nuclear weapons production.

About 98,000 cases have been filed. The Labor Department has approved compensation in about 24,000 of those cases, but program records show that not all approved claims have been paid.