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 […]
DOL extends comment period on proposed rule changes
The Department of Labor (DOL) announced last Tuesday that they would reopen the comment period for the rule changes to adjudication of EEOICPA claims that they proposed last November, after having originally extended the comment period for an additional month in January. The comment period is now open for another 33 days, lasting until May 9. While […]
U. S. Government Accountability Office publishes review of DOL adjudication process
On March 10, 2016, the U. S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published the results of its recent study of the Department of Labor (DOL) EEOICPA claims adjudication process. Using a random sample of 200 Part E claims from among 15,932 filed from 2010 through 2014, excluding claims still in process, claims which had already been accepted under […]
Department of Labor to hold public informational meetings on EEOICPA February 22, 23, 24 in Florida
Jacksonville, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor and other federal agencies will host four town hall meetings for former, retired and current nuclear weapons workers and their survivors in Florida. On Feb. 22 and 23 in Altamonte Springs and Feb. 24 in Tampa, federal representatives will provide information about the Energy Employees Occupational […]
US Reps. from South Carolina Wilson and Clyburn express their support for sick nuclear workers
Two U.S. Representatives from South Carolina, a Democrat and a Republican, have spoken out about compensation for sick Nuclear Weapons Workers and the state of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act after Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Missouri Democrat, wrote a letter last week to the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, […]
EEOICPA Covered Facility Videos
Do You Have a Valid EEOICPA Claim? If you, your spouse, parent, or grandparent ever worked for an Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) or Department of Energy (DOE) facility, and if any of these people has a condition or died as a result of illness covered by the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA), […]