(a) In general This part shall apply to
(1) a section
5 payment recipient who contracted a section
5 illness through a section
5 exposure at a section
5 facility, or
(2) a section
5 uranium worker determined under section
7385s–4 (c) of this title to have contracted a covered illness through exposure to a toxic substance at a section
5 mine or mill,
(or to the survivor of that employee, as applicable) on the same basis as it applies to a Department of Energy contractor employee determined under section 7385s–4 of this title to have contracted a covered illness through exposure to a toxic substance at a Department of Energy facility (or to the survivor of that employee, as applicable).
(b) Definitions In this section:
(1) The term section
5 payment recipient means an individual who receives, or has received, $100,000 under section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (
42 U.S.C.
2210 note ) for a claim made under that Act.
(2) The terms section
5 exposure, section
5 facility, and section
5 illness mean the exposure, facility, and illness, respectively, to which an individuals status as a section
5 payment recipient relates.
(3) The term section
5 uranium worker means an individual to whom subsection (a)(1)(A)(i) of section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act applies (whether directly or by reason of subsection (a)(2) of this section).
(4) The term section
5 mine or mill means the mine or mill to which an individuals status as a section
5 uranium worker relates.
