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The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C.A. 2210 NOTE (Supp. 1991) authorizes the Attorney General of the United States to make lump sum compensation payments to individuals who have contracted certain radiation-related cancers following a period of employment in underground uranium mines or other association/ proximity with the government's nuclear weapons testing program.
Eligible claimants or their survivors may receive $50,000, $75,000 or $100,000 if they have one of the following compensable cancers:
- Leukemia (excludes chronic lymphocytic leukemia)
- Lymphoma (other than Hodgkins' disease)
- Multiple myeloma, and
- Primary cancers of the thyroid, female breast, lung, esophagus, stomach, pharynx, small intestine, pancreas, bile ducts, gallbladder, or liver.
The application process is designed to be easy to understand and use. Claimants can prove eligibility through a variety of sources including submission of readily accessible records which would establish the requisite employment, residency, and medical condition criteria.
A copy of the regulations, claim forms and guidebooks which set forth these requirements in greater detail are available by calling the toll-free number, 1-800-729-RECP; or writing to:
Radiation Exposure Compensation Program
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 146, Ben Franklin Station
Washington, DC 20044-0146
Reference
Judith L. Collins, R.N., B.S.N., O.C.N., Nurse Consultant.
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