11.   Uranium miners were particularly susceptible to lung cancer and other diseases because of their exposure to radon gas in the cramped environment of the mines.

12.   Chao noted that Justice already handles a small program that gives one-time payments to uranium miners, millers and people who lived downwind of nuclear test sites.

13.   Ill uranium miners and residents sickened by radioactive fallout from nuclear tests are a step closer to long-awaited compensation from the government.

14.   Lack of money has left dozens of sick and dying uranium miners and downwinders holding IOUs from the government.

15.   The Justice Department runs a program that gives one-time payments to former uranium miners and people who lived downwind of nuclear test blasts.

16.   The measure also expands the sites where miners and downwinders can seek compensation, and adds open-pit uranium miners and those who transported or milled uranium.

17.   Uranium miners and weapons plant workers tell similar tales of Cold War-era conditions that placed a high value on production and far less value on worker protection.

18.   Uranium miners and residents exposed to radiation from Cold War-era nuclear weapons tests will finally see promised compensation for their illnesses.

19.   Uranium miners were poisoned.

20.   The uranium miners had come out in sympathy on Monday, the minister added.