For the last 10 years, Mr. Stephens has been helping Uranium and Nuclear Weapons workers and their survivors with their Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) and Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) claims. These are Federal Workers Compensation Programs related to the hazards associated with nuclear weapons manufacturing, and testing as well as uranium mining, processing and transportation. These nuclear weapons and uranium workers were exposed to radiation and other hazardous substances often without their knowledge or consent. The earliest occupational exposures were in the 1940s through the 1980s but in certain locations around the United States workers are exposed at work and diagnosed with cancers and other illnesses. While the employment and medical evidence necessary to prove these claims can become difficult to obtain as medical and employment records are lost or destroyed, these programs are not governed by the types of statutes of limitations that apply to state workers compensation or state law personal injury claims.
