- Employees of the Department of Energy, its contractors or subcontractors, and atomic weapons employers with radiation-induced cancer if:
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- the employee developed cancer after working at a covered facility of the Department of Energy, its contractors and subcontractors; and
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- the employee's cancer is determined at least as likely as not related to that employment in accordance with guidelines issued by the Department of Health and Human Services; or
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- the employee is determined to be a member of the Special Exposure Cohort and developed one of the certain specified cancers
- Compensation of $150,000 and payment of medical expenses from the date a claim is available to:
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- Employees of the Department of Energy, its contractors and subcontractors, and designated beryllium vendors who worked at covered facilities where they were exposed to beryllium produced or processed for the Department of Energy who developed Chronic Beryllium Disease; and,
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- Employees of the Department of Energy or its contractors and subcontractors who worked at least 250 days during the mining of tunnels at underground nuclear weapons tests sites in Nevada or Alaska and who developed chronic silicosis
If the employee is no longer living, eligible survivors may be eligible for compensation.
For Uranium workers (or their survivors) who were previously awarded benefits by the Department of Justice under Section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, are eligible for compensation of $50,0000 and payment of medical expenses from the date a claim is filed.