Worked for EG&G at the Nevada Test Site?
Yes — EG&G work at the Nevada Test Site counts. EG&G was a Department of Energy contractor, and the Test Site is a covered facility under the federal Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program. If that work made you sick, the program can pay compensation and open the White Card that covers care at home.
EG&G, including EG&G Energy Measurements at the Nevada Test Site, the 1950s to 1995.
EG&G ran the diagnostics side of testing — timing and firing, high-speed photography, instrumentation and measurement. It was one of the three management and operating contractors at the Test Site until the 1996 consolidation, and its people worked in the technical areas, the field stations and the labs.
Department of Energy contractor and subcontractor employees are covered the same as federal employees, and the job title does not matter. Craft and construction, security, drivers, cooks, clerks, custodians and warehouse staff worked at a covered facility exactly as the scientists did.
The money is one part. The medical benefit is the part that lasts.
An accepted claim can pay a lump sum, and it opens a medical benefit for the accepted condition that does not expire. That medical benefit is the card most families call the White Card, and it is what pays for skilled nursing and aide care at home.
The Department of Labor decides every claim. Alara assesses the patient, coordinates the physician documentation and the home-health authorization, and provides the authorized care. It does not file claims and nothing here is a determination of eligibility.
A nurse reads the work and the illness together.
A case review is a short set of questions about where the work was, what kind of work it was, roughly when, and what a doctor has said since. A nurse reads those together and tells you whether there is a claim worth opening, or whether a White Card that already exists can pay for care at home now.
If a claim was filed years ago and denied, that is worth raising. The program has expanded since, and old claims can be reopened.
The full Nevada Test Site White Card guide → Which conditions the White Card covers →
What people ask first.
Does EG&G work at the Nevada Test Site qualify for EEOICPA?
The Nevada Test Site is a covered Department of Energy facility for work from 1951 on, and EG&G, including EG&G Energy Measurements worked there as a Department of Energy contractor from the 1950s to 1995. Contractor and subcontractor employees are covered the same as federal employees. Whether a specific claim is accepted depends on the illness and the exposure, and the Department of Labor makes that decision.
Do I have to have been a scientist or a radiation worker?
No. The job title does not decide it. Security officers, drivers, craft and construction workers, cooks, clerks and custodians all worked at the same covered facility, and claims are accepted across all of those roles.
I worked for EG&G somewhere other than Nevada. Does this page apply?
EG&G held contracts at several Department of Energy sites, and many of those are covered facilities too. The covered facility is what matters, not the company name, so it is worth reviewing wherever the work was.
Does Alara file the claim?
No. Alara is a Nevada-licensed home health agency. It reviews the care side, coordinates the physician documentation and the home-health authorization, and provides the authorized care. Claims are filed with the Department of Labor, and the Las Vegas Resource Center helps with filing at no charge.
A nurse reads it, not a form.
A case review takes a few minutes and needs no records, no claim number and no appointment. Nothing here is a determination of eligibility.
Nevada Test Site White Card guide → What the White Card is → Start a case review →