Zdrowie i gospodarka · 19/10/2011

HHS to Evaluate Petition for Oak Ridge National Laboratory Employees to Be Included in Special Exposure Cohort

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced its decision to evaluate a petition to include a class of employees from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10) in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. The proposed definition includes all contractor employees, subcontractor employees, and AEC employees who worked at the X-10 plant between January 1, 1943, and December 31, 1952.