New Mexico Residents Affected by First Nuclear Bomb Test in 1945 May Get Compensation

New Mexico residents to get compensation for radiation from U.S. atomic bomb program.

The Trinity test of the Manhattan Project was the first detonation of a nuclear device. Public Domain

New Mexico residents who were exposed to radiation from the world’s first atomic bomb test and Navajo miners who later mined uranium during the Cold War may get compensation after decades of complaints.

The exposure to radiation has allegedly left generations of local residents with serious health problems.