DOE plans Las Vegas hearing on weapons complex illnesses

The Energy Department plans a hearing in North Las Vegas Friday on radiation-related illnesses of workers and former workers in DOE weapons operations.

The agency is expected to hear testimony from workers, their families, union representatives and residents regarding work-related illnesses.

Legislation being proposed by the Clinton administration would cover workers who were exposed to radiation-related diseases while working at various weapons facilities.

Thousands of Southern Nevadans worked at the Nevada Test Site, where the nation's nuclear weapons were tested for 45 years.

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