To be eligible to file a claim as a current or former BWXT employee under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation (EEOICPA) Program, you must meet the following criteria:

Did I work at an eligible BWXT location in Lynchburg?

• Main Plant at Mount Athos
• Lynchburg Research Center / Lynchburg Technology Center

Did I work during covered years?

Employment must have included at least 250 total workdays across one or more time periods from:

• January 1, 1959 -- March 1, 2011

Do I have one of these covered cancers?

You must be diagnosed by a physician with one or more radiogenic cancers:

• Bone cancer
• Lung cancer
• Renal cancers

Onset must have been at least two years after first exposure:

• Leukemia (other than chronic lymphocytic leukemia)

Onset must have been at least five years after first exposure:

• Bile ducts
• Brain
• Breast (female)
• Breast (male)
• Colon
• Esophagus
• Gall bladder
• Liver (except if cirrhosis or hepatitis B is indicated)
• Lymphomas (other than Hodgkin’s disease)

• Multiple myeloma
• Ovary
• Pancreas
• Pharynx
• Salivary gland
• Small intestine
• Stomach
• Thyroid
• Urinary bladder

Am I part of the BWXT Special Exposure Cohort (SEC)?

Being part of the SEC allows eligible claimants to be compensated without the completion of a NIOSH radiation dose reconstruction or determination of the probability of causation.

To qualify for compensation as a member of an SEC class, a covered employee must have at least one of the 22 radiogenic cancers (noted above) and worked at one of the covered SEC work sites for at least 250 workdays across the time periods below. 

Time Periods:

• January 1, 1959 – December 31, 1959
• January 1, 1968 – December 31, 1972
• January 1, 1985 – November 30, 1994

Have questions or think you are eligible?

Call us at (434) 515-0663

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