Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program Through a grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, IN PHOENIX Mountain Park Health Center is administering a new program called the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (RESEP) to offer medical screening and educational services to individuals exposed to nuclear radiation through uranium mining, transport, processing, and the testing of nuclear weapons. Through grant funding, MPHC is establishing a regional network of medical screening sites in the following counties: Maricopa, Navajo, Gila, Apache, Coconino and Yavapi. Program eligibility is determined through history of residence in affected counties or through occupational history relating to uranium mining.

Under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, persons exposed to radiation through uranium mining, milling, or through weapons testing are eligible for $150,000 in compensation from the federal government. The screening program is used to evaluate those persons exposed to radiation to determine whether they are eligible for compensation. Some of those persons exposed also are eligible for additional compensation under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Plan Act.

the same type program is offered at the:
Cancer Center of Northern Arizona
Linsey Adams
1200 N. Beaver St
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
928 773 2261 ext 3234
1-800 854 7744
1200 Beaver is on the west side --across the street from the flagstaff medical center.
Beaver is one way going south so you must take San Francisco, one way going north.

Other RESEP centers are located at the Dixie Medical Center in St George UT and one at St Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado.



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