[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: 28CFR79.3]

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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 A--General
 
Sec. 79.3  Compensable claim categories under the Act.

    (a) In order to receive a compensation payment, each claimant or 
eligible surviving beneficiary must establish that the claimant meets 
each and every criterion of eligibility for at least one of the 
following compensable categories designated in the Act:
    (1) Claims of leukemia. (i) For persons exposed to fallout from the 
atmospheric detonation of nuclear devices at the Nevada Test Site due to 
their physical presence in an affected area during a designated time 
period, the amount of compensation is $50,000.
    (ii) For persons exposed to fallout from the atmospheric detonation 
of nuclear devices due to their participation onsite in a test involving 
the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device, the amount of 
compensation is $75,000. The regulations governing these claims are set 
forth in subpart B of this part.
    (2) Claims Related to the Nevada Test Site Fallout. For persons 
exposed to fallout from the atmospheric detonation of nuclear devices at 
the Nevada Test Site due to their physical presence in an affected area 
during a designated time period, the amount of compensation is $50,000. 
The regulations governing these claims are set forth in subpart C of 
this part.
    (3) Claims of Onsite Participants. For persons who contracted 
certain specified diseases after onsite participation in the atmospheric 
detonation of a nuclear device, the amount of compensation is $75,000. 
The regulations governing these claims are set forth in subpart D of 
this part.
    (4) Miners' Claims. For persons who contracted lung cancer or 
certain nonmalignant respiratory diseases after being employed in 
uranium mines located in a specified state during the designated time 
period who were exposed to a specified minimum level of radiation during 
the course of their employment, the amount of compensation is $100,000. 
The regulations governing these claims are set forth in subpart E of 
this part.
    (5) Millers' Claims. For persons who contracted lung cancer, certain 
nonmalignant respiratory diseases, renal cancer, or chronic renal 
disease (including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue injury) following 
employment for at least one year (12 consecutive or cumulative months) 
in a uranium mill in a specified state during the designated time 
period, the amount of compensation is $100,000. The regulations 
governing these claims are set forth in subpart F of this part.

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    (6) Ore Transporters' Claims. For persons who contracted lung 
cancer, certain nonmalignant respiratory diseases, renal cancer, or 
chronic renal disease (including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue 
injury) following employment for at least one year (12 consecutive or 
cumulative months) as a transporter of uranium ore or vanadium-uranium 
ore from a uranium mine or uranium mill located in a specified state 
during the designated time period, the amount of compensation is 
$100,000. The regulations governing these claims are set forth in 
subpart G of this part.
    (b) Any claim that does not meet all the criteria for at least one 
of these categories, as set forth in these regulations, must be denied.
    (c) All claims for compensation under the Act must comply with the 
claims procedures and requirements set forth in subpart H of this part 
before any payment can be made from the Fund.