[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR79.12]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 79--CLAIMS UNDER THE RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart B--Eligibility Criteria for Claims Relating to Leukemia
 
Sec. 79.12  Criteria for eligibility.

    To establish eligibility for compensation under this subpart, a 
claimant or eligible surviving beneficiary must establish each of the 
following:
    (a)(1) That the claimant was physically present at any place within 
the affected area for a period of at least one year (12 consecutive or 
cumulative months) during the period beginning on January 21, 1951, and 
ending on October 31, 1958;
    (2) That the claimant 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; or
    (3) That the claimant was present onsite at any time during a period 
of atmospheric nuclear testing and was a participant during that period 
in the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device;
    (b) That after such period of physical presence or onsite 
participation the claimant contracted leukemia;
    (c) That the claimant's initial exposure occurred prior to age 21; 
and
    (d) The onset of the leukemia occurred more than two years after the 
date of the claimant's first exposure to fallout.