Atomic Cleanup Veterans are not currently considered as experiencing "at-risk" exposure to radiation while relocating radioactive materials contaminated by 43 atomic tests at Enewetak Atoll.
Urge Congress & Veterans Affairs to include within the definition of "Atomic Veterans" the Veterans involved in the Atomic Debris Cleanup of the United States Nuclear Test Site at Enewetak Atoll from 1977 to 1980 making them eligible to receive compensation and health care benefits from the United States Government as specified in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (“the Act” or “RECA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2210 note (2012) established an administrative program for claims relating to atmospheric nuclear testing and claims relating to uranium industry employment.