HHS Designates Savannah River Site Employees for Special Exposure Cohort

Summary

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made a decision to add a class of employees from the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, a federal law aimed at providing compensation to workers exposed to hazardous materials.