What is the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC)?
The SEC is a uniquely defined category of employees established under The Act (42 CFR Part 83). The SEC is comprised of classes of employees who have any of 22 “specified cancers,” who worked for a specified period of time at one of the SEC Work Sites or participated in certain nuclear weapons tests, and who meet other additional requirements under The Act. An individual member (or the eligible survivors of a member) of a class of employees included in the SEC is entitled to compensation without having to undergo a dose reconstruction performed for his or her case by NIOSH, or to have a decision by the Department of Labor (DOL) as to whether the cancer was “at least as likely as not” caused by occupational exposure to radiation, as is required for other cancer claims covered by The Act.
