Hanford workers with cancer may get compensated?

In case you missed this story, it appeared as a blip on the wire. From the AP:

More former workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation may be eligible for compensation for developing cancer due to radiation exposure.

Federal Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has agreed to expand automatic compensation of $150,000 and medical coverage to any Hanford worker who developed a qualifying cancer and who worked for at least 250 days from Oct. 1, 1943, through June 30, 1972.

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