The Navajo Nation Council is pushing for the renewal of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, slated to expire next year. The program currently authorizes financial compensation to those affected by uranium mining on the Reservation, and to ‘Downwinders …The Navajo Nation Council is pushing for the renewal of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, slated to expire next year. The program currently authorizes financial compensation to those affected by uranium mining on the Reservation, and to ‘Downwinders …