Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Report on Radiation Experiments Due
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Victims of secret government radiation experiments during the Cold War should be granted financial compensation and a personal apology, a draft report of a presidential panel recommends. Members of the presidential Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments are to consider the draft report at meetings this week. Although minor changes may be made, the section on compensation is unlikely to be changed substantially, one committee source said. The panel has been examining government documents to determine whether unsuspecting civilians were subjected to radiation experiments during the Cold War.
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