Do I Qualify? Uranium Workers Compensable Illnesses Onsite Participants • Individuals employed in uranium Onsite Participants and Downwinders: mines, uranium mills, or uranium ore • Leukemia, multiple myeloma, non- transporting operations located in a • Military or civilian personnel and Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and primary covered state between January 1, 1942, contractors who participated onsite in cancers of the: thyroid, male or and December 31, 1971: an above-ground nuclear test female breast, esophagus, stomach, conducted by the United States. pharynx, small intestine, pancreas, bile ducts, gall bladder, salivary gland, urinary bladder, brain, colon, ovary, liver, or lung.
Uranium Miners: • Lung cancer and certain nonmalignant respiratory diseases. Downwinders
Uranium Millers and Ore Transporters: • Individuals that lived or worked in specified counties for at least two years Map of • Lung cancer, certain nonmalignant during the period January 21, 1951 – Uranium Worker respiratory diseases, renal cancer October 31, 1958, or for the entire time States and chronic renal disease. period of June 30 – July 31, 1962. • The individual must have been employed as a miner, miller, or ore transporter for at least one year during Proof of identity, exposure the statutory exposure period. and illness are required to Map of • If employed as a uranium miner, the receive compensation. Downwind individual may alternatively show Areas exposure to 40 or more working level months (WLMs) of radiation during covered employment. U.S. Department of Justice Civil Divison Summary
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was passed to compensate people who may have been exposed to radiation during the U.S. Cold War efforts.
As a result of atmospheric nuclear tests, or the production of uranium for weapons development, thousands were exposed to known radiation hazards. In response, Congress created RECA to Please contact us to provide an apology and monetary obtain a claim form: Have you or a loved one compensation to these individuals and suffered from an illness their families for the presumed U.S. Department of Justice following the testing of consequences of exposure. Radiation Exposure nuclear weapons or Compensation Program production of uranium for P.O. Box 146 the Nation’s defense? Deadline for Claims Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044-0146 All claims under RECA Phone: 1-800-729-RECP If so, must be filed by (1-800-729-7327) July 9, 2022. E-mail: [email protected] you may be eligible www.justice.gov/civil/common/reca for compensation.