Workers petitioned the government for special status for people who worked at the reactor from 1963 to 1966. The status previously was granted to some former employees of the Miamisburg Mound Plant, Monsanto Chemical Co. in Dayton, and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant near Piketon.
The status previously was granted to some former employees of the Miamisburg Mound Plant, Monsanto Chemical Co. in Dayton, and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant near Piketon.
The status means workers can receive compensation and benefits without proving that on-the-job radiation exposures caused their illness .
The program also compensates certain survivors of workers.
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