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28 CFR §79.12

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To establish eligibility for compensation under this subpart, a claimant or eligible surviving beneficiary must establish each of the following:
  1. (a)
    1. (1)That the claimant was physically present at any place within the affected area for a period of at least one year (12 consecutive or cumulative months) during the period beginning on January 21, 1951, and ending on October 31, 1958;
    2. (2)That the claimant was physically present at any place within the affected area for the entire, continuous period beginning on June 30, 1962, and ending on July 31, 1962; or
    3. (3)That the claimant was present onsite at any time during a period of atmospheric nuclear testing and was a participant during that period in the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device;
  2. (b)That after such period of physical presence or onsite participation the claimant contracted leukemia;
  3. (c)That the claimant's initial exposure occurred prior to age 21; and
  4. (d)That the onset of the leukemia occurred more than two years after the date of the claimant's first exposure to fallout.