If they're anything like Chernobyl, there's little effect. If they're anything like Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there's a health benefit in increased longevity and decreased incidence of disease.
Could you explain that?
This is dealing with the ingestion of fallout. It isn't the same as the direct effects of the radiation. I think the data has shown quite conclusively that those in the fallout zone from this intense testing do suffer from a higher cancer rate. Helping pay some of those medical costs is the very least the country should do for them.
"If they're anything like Chernobyl, there's little effect."
I think you need to do a little reading before you try and support a statement like that. I recommend you Google "Chernobyl Heart" and follow the links. Here's one for you right off the bat...
http://www.ccp-intl.org/chernobyl_heart.html
sheesh!