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RESEP helps people who developed illness from radiation exposure in areas where there was U.S. nuclear weapons testing.
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) Amendments of 2000 created RESEP to help the thousands of people diagnosed with cancer and other diseases due to exposure to nuclear materials such as uranium or nuclear fallout.
⮞ Provides support
⮞ Inform and educate the public about services offered
⮞ Screening individuals
⮞ Partnered with Mobile Health Unit
⮞ Assistance with RECA claims
⮞ Assistance with U.S. Department of Labor Energy Claims for Uranium Workers
● Above-ground tests released radioactive materials into the atmosphere
● Materials reached the ground as nuclear fallout.
● Workers did not receive protection (no proper PPE enforced)
● People who lived near the test sites were not warned of potential dangers or told to evacuate.
● Touching fallout on the ground
● Breathing polluted air
● Eating polluted foods
● Drinking polluted water
● Generated by nuclear weapons tests are at risk for certain cancers and other serious health problems.
If you have been exposed where above-ground nuclear tests were conducted from 1945 through 1962 AND/OR worked in the uranium mining industry from 1942 through 1990, you may have been exposed. You should be screened for cancer and other serious health problems that can develop years after exposure.
Eligible individuals who are diagnosed with specific cancers and chronic diseases that may have resulted from radiation exposure may be eligible for payments of $50,000 to $100,000 from the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
For more information, call the RESEP Team at 928-283-1802 / 2939
Get screened if you meet either of these.
Cancer and other serious illness can develop years after you were exposed.
Healing Starts Here
If you fit into any one of the following exposure categories, you may have been exposed to radiation and should be screened:
A person who was exposed to fallout from the atmospheric detonation of nuclear devices at the Nevada Test Site due to their physical presence in
for a period of at least one year during the period beginning on September 24, 1944, and ending on November 6, 1962; or was physically present at any place within the affected area for the entire, continuous period beginning on June 30, 1962, and ending on July 31, 1962.
A person who participated onsite within the boundaries of the Nevada, Pacific, Trinity or South Atlantic test sites during the time of atmospheric nuclear testing by the U.S. prior to January 1, 1963.
As the Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation (DEEOIC), our mission, under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA), is to protect the interests of workers who were injured or became ill on the job, or their families, by making timely, appropriate, and accurate decisions on claims and providing prompt payment of benefits to eligible claimants.
Click below to download the 8 Step Radiation Exposure Grant Timeline Checklist with ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS