Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

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The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act is a U.S. federal law that provides financial compensation to individuals who developed certain illnesses as a result of exposure to radiation from nuclear weapons testing and uranium industry work.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
compensation program ⓘ
acknowledges federal government responsibility for harms from nuclear testing and uranium industry exposures ⓘ
addresses health impacts of radiation exposure on civilians and workers ⓘ
administeredBy Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ
U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ
amendedBy Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000 ⓘ
subsequent legislative extensions and modifications ⓘ
beneficiaryType individuals or their eligible survivors ⓘ
causeOfExposureCovered atmospheric nuclear weapons testing ⓘ
uranium milling ⓘ
uranium mining ⓘ
uranium ore transport ⓘ
codifiedIn 42 U.S.C. § 2210 note ⓘ
compensates downwinders ⓘ
onsite participants in atmospheric nuclear tests ⓘ
ore transporters in the uranium industry ⓘ
uranium millers ⓘ
uranium miners ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
coversDiseaseCategory certain cancers ⓘ
certain non-malignant respiratory diseases ⓘ
certain renal diseases ⓘ
dateSigned 1990-10-15 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1990-10-15 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishes Radiation Exposure Compensation Program ⓘ
expandsEligibilityThrough Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000 ⓘ
geographicFocus certain counties in Utah, Nevada, and Arizona for downwinders ⓘ
sites of U.S. atmospheric nuclear tests ⓘ
uranium mining and milling regions in the western United States ⓘ
historicalContext U.S. Cold War nuclear weapons testing program ⓘ
legalNature no-fault compensation scheme ⓘ
policyArea environmental justice ⓘ
occupational health and safety ⓘ
public health ⓘ
provides lump-sum monetary compensation ⓘ
providesCompensationRangeUSD $50,000 to $100,000 depending on claimant category ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 101-426 ⓘ
purpose to provide monetary compensation to individuals who developed certain illnesses following exposure to radiation from U.S. nuclear weapons testing and uranium industry work ⓘ
relatedTo U.S. nuclear weapons testing program ⓘ
uranium industry regulation in the United States ⓘ
requires diagnosis of specified compensable diseases ⓘ
proof of presence in specified geographic areas during specified time periods ⓘ
shortName RECA ⓘ
signedBy George H. W. Bush ⓘ
standardOfProof liberal, non-adversarial claims process ⓘ
typeOfCompensation ex gratia payments without admission of legal liability ⓘ

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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act → establishes → Radiation Exposure Compensation Program ⓘ
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act → amendedBy → Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000 ⓘ
linked to: Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act → expandsEligibilityThrough → Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000 ⓘ
linked to: Radiation Exposure Compensation Act