Criteria for eligibility for claims by onsite participants.
28 C.F.R. § 79.32
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01To establish eligibility for compensation under this subpart, a claimant or eligible surviving beneficiary must establish each of the following:
(a) That the claimant was present onsite at any time during a period of atmospheric nuclear testing;
(b) That the claimant was a participant during that period in the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device; and
(c) That after such participation, the claimant contracted a specified compensable disease as set forth in § 79.22(b).
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-28.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026