“What
should I do?”
If you think you
might have been exposed:
For information on compensation
through RECA
Phone: 1-888-729-7327
Radiation Exposure Compensation Program Web site
civil.reca@usdoj.gov
Office of
Rural Health Policy
The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) promotes
better health care service in rural America.
Established in 1987, ORHP is part of the
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
ORHP informs and advises the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services on matters affecting
rural hospitals and health care, coordinates activities
within the department that relate to rural health
care, and maintains a national information clearinghouse.
ORHP oversees RESEP.
Office
of Rural Health Policy
5600 Fishers Lane, 9A-55
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: 301-443-0835
Fax: 301-443-2803
Vanessa Hooker,
Program Coordinator |
Dixie
Regional Medical Center
544 South 400 East
St. George, Utah 84770
Telephone: 435-688-5990
Mountain
Park Health Center
2702 North Third Street, Suite 4020
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Telephone: 602-323-3405
Northern
Navajo Medical Center
Navajo Area RESEP
P.O. Box 160
Shiprock, New Mexico 87420
Telephone: 505-368-7014
St.
Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center
2530 N. 8th Street, Suite 100
Grand Junction, Colorado 81501
Telephone: 970-255-1898
University
of Nevada School of
Medicine
2410 Fire Mesa Street, Suite 180
Las Vegas, Nevada 89128
Telephone: 702-992-6887
University
of New Mexico Health
Sciences Center
Department of Internal Medicine
MSC 10 5550 1 UNM
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
Telephone: 505-272-5880
Utah
Navajo Health System, Inc
P.O. Box 130
Montezuma Creek, Utah 54534
Telephone: 435-651-3291
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- Education and information
- Screening for cancer and other diseases
- Referrals for medical treatment
- Help with documenting claims under the Radiation
Exposure Compensation Act (RECA)
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RESEP
The Radiation Exposure Screening and Education
Program (RESEP) helps thousands of people harmed
by nuclear weapons testing and by employment in
the uranium mining industry. RESEP
provides funding to:
- Develop public education and information
- Screen for cancer and other related diseases
- Refer people for medical treatment
- Help document claims under the Radiation
Exposure Compensation Act (RECA)
If you meet one of the following categories,
you could be eligible for medical screening, referrals,
and a RECA payment for $50,000 - $100,000!
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
From 1945 to 1962, several nuclear tests exposed
people to radiation. People employed in the uranium
mining industry between 1942 and 1971 were also
at risk of exposure. When it was discovered that
radiation increases risk for certain cancers and
respiratory diseases, the Radiation Exposure Compensation
Act (RECA) was established to pay $50,000—$100,000
to people with illnesses that may have resulted
from radiation exposure.
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To be eligible, you must meet the criteria
for one of the five following exposure categories:
- Employed in uranium mines located in AZ,
CO,
ID, ND, NM, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, or WY at any
time from 1942 through 1971.
- Exposed to 40 or more working level months
(WLMs) of radiation or worked at least 1 year.
- Have primary lung cancer or certain nonmalignant
respiratory diseases.
- Employed in uranium mills located in AZ,
CO, ID,
ND, NM, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, or WY at any
time from 1942 through 1971.
- Worked at least 1 year.
- Have primary lung cancer, certain nonmalignant
respiratory diseases, renal cancer, or
other chronic renal disease including nephritis
and kidney tubal tissue injury.
- Employed in the transport of uranium ore
or vanadium- uranium ore from mines or mills
located in AZ, CO, ID, ND, NM, OR, SD, TX, UT,
WA, or WY at any time from 1942 through 1971.
- Worked at least 1 year.
- Have primary lung cancer, certain nonmalignant
respiratory diseases, renal cancer, or other
chronic renal disease including nephritis and
kidney tubal tissue injury.
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- Participated onsite in a test involving the
atmospheric
detonation of a nuclear device.
- Present within the boundaries of the Nevada,
Pacific, South Atlantic, or Trinity Test Sites
during atmospheric nuclear testing and participated
in the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device.
- After the onsite participation, contracted
leukemia (other than chronic lymphocytic leukemia),
lung cancer, multiple myeloma, lymphomas (other
than Hodgkin's disease), and primary cancer
of the thyroid, male or female breast, esophagus,
stomach, pharynx, small intestine, pancreas,
bile ducts, gall bladder, salivary gland, urinary
bladder, brain, colon, ovary, liver, or lung.
- Physically present in one of the affected
areas
downwind of the Nevada Test Site in certain
counties of AZ, NV, or UT during a period of
atmospheric nuclear testing, and later contracted
a specified compensable disease.
- Lived or worked downwind of atmospheric
nuclear tests for a period of at least 2 years
during parts of 1951-1958 and 1962.
- Have leukemia (other than chronic lymphocytic
leukemia), multiple myeloma, lymphomas
(other than Hodgkin's disease), and primary
cancer of the thyroid, breast, esophagus,
stomach, pharynx, small intestine, pancreas,
bile ducts, gall bladder, salivary gland, urinary
bladder, brain, colon, ovary, liver, or lung.
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