The language of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) can make it difficult to understand whether the illness you have been diagnosed with […]
Are EEOICPA Benefits Taxable? You’ve been awarded your EEOICPA benefits, so now what? We are often asked whether EEOICPA benefits are taxable as income. Although our experience […]
EEOICPA Part E Eligibility Under Part E of the EEOICPA, Department of Energy (DOE) employees, contractors, subcontractors, or their survivors may be eligible for compensation if […]
Hanford will miss deadline to tear down plutonium-contaminated plant Hanford – “the most toxic place in America,” “an underground Chernobyl waiting to happen,” is in the […]
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health meeting in Naperville, IL March 22, 2017 | The following is taken from the transcript of the Advisory Board […]
EEOICPA Special Exposure Cohort Coverage: Amarillo, Texas Effective February 3, 2017, the following class of workers was added to the Special Exposure Cohort of the EEOICPA. […]
by Patrick Dwyer One of the EEOICPA requirements to verify employment (site presence) at any Department of Energy (DOE) facility is proof of a contract. The […]
Uranium mill workers (millers) are entitled to compensation for kidney cancer and kidney disfunction – this is an important distinction between uranium miners and uranium mill […]
Downwinders receive compensation if they can show that they were present downwind of the Nevada Test Site in a certain geographic area in Utah, Nevada, and […]