White Card (EEOICPA) · Nevada worksites

The Test Site is not the only Nevada site the White Card covers.

The Department of Energy ran more than one site in Nevada, and workers from all of them can be covered by the same White Card. If you were at Tonopah, the North Las Vegas office, Shoal, the Central Nevada Test Area, or Yucca Mountain, this is your place in the program too. Find your site below.

It is one program with one card. What differs by site is how a claim is proven: the Nevada Test Site has a Special Exposure Cohort, where certain cancers are presumed work-related. At the other sites, a claim is built through NIOSH dose reconstruction. Either way, an accepted illness brings the same lifetime medical benefits, at no cost to you.

1951 to present
Nevada Test Site Nye County, ~65 miles northwest of Las Vegas Special Exposure Cohort The primary U.S. continental nuclear weapons test site, where 928 announced tests were conducted between 1951 and 1992. Now the Nevada National Security Site. Read the Test Site guide
1956 to present
Tonopah Test Range Near Tonopah, Nye County Covered · dose reconstruction An isolated range operated for the AEC and DOE to test the ballistics and non-nuclear components of atomic weapons. See what applies to you
1962 to present
Nevada Site Office North Las Vegas Covered · dose reconstruction The Department of Energy command and administrative office that managed Nevada testing and cleanup operations, in North Las Vegas. See what applies to you
1962 to 1964
Project Shoal Sand Springs Range, ~30 miles southeast of Fallon, Churchill County Covered · dose reconstruction A single underground nuclear test in granite, part of the Vela Uniform program to improve the seismic detection of nuclear explosions. See what applies to you
1967 to 1974
Central Nevada Test Area Hot Creek Valley, Nye County (Project Faultless) Covered · dose reconstruction Site of the “Faultless” underground nuclear test, which evaluated the valley as a possible second location for high-yield testing. See what applies to you
1987 to present
Yucca Mountain Adjacent to the Test Site, Nye County Covered · dose reconstruction The Department of Energy study of Yucca Mountain as a geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. See what applies to you

Did you work for a contractor?

Most of the work at these sites was done by contractors, not the government directly. If you worked for one of these companies, you were likely a Department of Energy contractor or subcontractor, and contractor and subcontractor employees are often covered by the White Card too.

EG&G Reynolds Electrical & Engineering (REECo) Bechtel Nevada National Security Technologies (NSTec) Mission Support and Test Services (MSTS) Holmes & Narver Raytheon Services Nevada

Not sure whether your employer counts? The Resource Center can check your work history. Many people who assume they do not qualify actually do.

Covered periods are listed as the Department of Labor records them, and the Department of Labor determines coverage for every claim. If you worked at one of these sites, confirm your dates and eligibility with the DOL Las Vegas Resource Center. General information, not a coverage determination.

Same White Card. Your place in it.

Whichever Nevada site you worked, the path is the same: an accepted illness brings lifetime medical benefits, including skilled home health, at no cost to you. A nurse can explain the home-health side, and the Resource Center can help you file.

See what applies to you Or call (702) 814-9630 DOL Resource Center: (702) 697-0841

Federal sources

Alara helps you understand and reach benefits you may already be entitled to. It does not replace your Resource Center, physician, attorney, authorized representative, or any federal agency. It helps you work with them. Nothing here is a coverage determination.