17.310: Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Alternate Name: Energy Workers
Overview
Program Number
17.310
Status
Active
Last Modified
Aug. 12, 2022
Date Posted
Aug. 12, 2022
Objective
Part B provides lump-sum monetary payments and medical benefits to covered employees and, where applicable, to survivors of such employees, of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor agencies and certain of its vendors, contractors and subcontractors. Part B also provides lump-sum payments and medical benefits to individuals found eligible by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) and, where applicable, to their survivors. Part E of the Act provides variable lump-sum payments (based on a worker's permanent impairment and/or calendar years of qualifying wage-loss) and medical benefits for covered DOE contractor employees and, where applicable, provides variable lump-sum payments to survivors of such employees (based on a worker's death due to a covered illness and percentage of wages lost in a given year. Part E also provides these same payments and benefits to uranium miners, millers and ore transporters covered by section 5 of RECA and, where applicable, to survivors of such employees.
Type of Assistance
D - Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use
Applicant Eligibility
Employees and, where applicable, to survivors of such employees, of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor agencies, certain of its vendors, contractors and subcontractors, and uranium miners, millers and ore transporters covered by section 5 of RECA, who are or were engaged in covered employment related to the testing or production of nuclear weapons.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Employees and, where applicable, to survivors of such employees, of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor agencies, certain of its vendors, contractors and subcontractors, and uranium miners, millers and ore transporters covered by Section 5 of RECA, who are or were engaged in covered employment related to the testing or production of nuclear weapons.
Additional Information
Grant Awards
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation direct grants
Grant Opportunities