The Blaine County Journal News-Opinion - We've Got The County Covered

In 1990 Congress passed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act providing a means for restitution of victims of certain listed diseases who were exposed to radiation downwind of the Nevada Test Site. The average measure of accumulation of radioactive Iodine-131 of the nineteen eligible counties shown on the map was 3.8 units. Blaine County, Montana's measure of radioactive Iodine was 9.1. No counties in Montana are eligible for restitution under RECA.