Nevada Test Site On-site Participant Benefits Under RECA
On-site participants are those individuals who were in the military and were present for a test of a nuclear weapon. Most of these claims were in the military, but some civilians were also present as employees of the Department of Defense. Those civilian employees also receive compensation. The compensation available to those who can show […]
EEOICPA: Claims for Wage Loss
Wage Loss Claims: EEOICPA Wage-loss claims are an important piece of Part E of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). For claims involving wage-loss under EEOICPA, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) looks at the amount that the worker was making prior to the diagnosis of their accepted condition. The claims examiner […]
Benefits Available to Workers and Residents Affected by the Nuclear Weapons Industry
At Stephens & Stephens, we handle Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) claims which include Uranium Miner claims, Uranium Miller claims, and Uranium Transporter claims. They also include Onsite Participant claims for those who were present at the test of a nuclear weapon, and Downwinders, those people who were downwind of the Nevada Test Site […]
Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health – April 27, 2016
The following is taken from the transcript of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Causation Under Parts B and E of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act “Thank you, Dr. Markowitz. I just wanted to say a few words about causation. We […]
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health – November 30th, 2016
The following is taken from the transcript of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, Hilton Hotel, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 30, 2016. We hope to develop issues such as these in order to make the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act that much better by improving the NIOSH dose reconstruction process. […]
Amchitka Island Nuclear Explosion Site
Amchitka Island Nuclear Explosion Site Amchitka is a volcanic, tectonically unstable island that is part of the Aleutian Islands chain in southwester Alaska. Located roughly 1,000 miles off the western coast of Alaska, this island was home to a small population of native Aleut for nearly 2,500 years, until around 1832. After that year, the island was abandoned […]
Castle Bravo Nuclear Bomb – Pacific Proving Grounds
In 1946, the United States began testing atomic bombs in an area known as the Pacific Proving Grounds. The Pacific Proving Grounds included a number of sites located at the Marshall Islands, a remote group of islands in the Central Pacific Ocean. From 1946 until 1963, the United States detonated 105 nuclear weapons at the […]
The Baneberry Incident – Nevada Test Site
By 1963, the citizens of the United States as well as others in the international community were becoming increasingly aware of the health implications, environmental risks, and national security risks of nuclear testing. The United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union signed the Partial Test Ban Treaty in August 1963. This treaty established a […]
CO Representatives applaud new EEOICPA Advisory Board
Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) and Jared Polis (CO-02) recently commended the first meeting of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health for Part E of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) which took place in Washington, DC on April 26-28, 2016 . While the EEOICPA […]