
Note: This class was established from Petition 61Īll employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in Los Alamos, New Mexico from January 1, 1976, through December 31, 1995, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort. Note: This class was established from Petition 51Įmployees of the DOE predecessor agencies and their contractors or subcontractors who were monitored or should have been monitored for exposure to ionizing radiation associated with radioactive lanthanum (RaLa) operations at Technical Area 10 (Bayo Canyon Site), Technical Area 35 (Ten Site), and Buildings H, Sigma, and U (located within Technical Area 1) for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days during the period from September 1, 1944, through July 18, 1963, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more classes of employees in the SEC. Class(es) Added to the SECĮmployees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor agencies, or DOE contractors or subcontractors who were monitored or should have been monitored for radiological exposures while working in operational Technical Areas with a history of radioactive material use at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days from Mathrough December 31, 1975, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort. The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health has received the SEC Petition Evaluation Report from NIOSH, will review it, and will send its recommendation(s) to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. There is one open/active SEC petition from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Petition 109. More information about the Special Exposure Cohort can be found on our Frequently Asked Questions page. Classes of employees and work sites can be considered for addition to the SEC through a NIOSH petition process. To qualify for compensation under the SEC, a covered employee must meet specific requirements (e.g., must have at least one of 22 “ specified cancers,” and have worked for a specified time period at one of the SEC sites). Claims compensated under the SEC do not have to go through the dose reconstruction process.

The Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) is a unique category of employees established by the Act ( 42 CFR Part 83). Program Evaluation Plans and Reports (PEPs and PERs)Īlso Known As: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information.
