Workers’ Radiation Exposure Halts Nuke Plant Demolition
From Nicholas K. Geranios of the Associated Press: Seven decades after making key portions of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are being…
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Nuclear Worker Advocates “Baffled” by Relapse
A federal advisory board overseeing compensation for nuclear weapons workers exposed to toxic substances is in limbo after a lapse in appointments, raising concerns from advocates for current and former…
Ames Laboratory Granted Additional Special Exposure Cohort (SEC)…
On February 1, 2018, the following Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) was added. All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked in…
Idaho National Laboratory added SEC Class
Pursuant to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) a petition was filed on behalf of workers at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in Scoville, Idaho…
NIOSH Advisory Board Public Meeting
The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health will hold a public meeting on April 11, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel…