DENVER | Officials from the departments of labor and energy are briefing former employees of the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant about medical help they could receive under new rules.
The Denver Post reported Thursday (https://bit.ly/Oez66p ) that about 275 people attended two public meetings about the new federal compensation rules. Thanks to a change announced earlier this year, medical expenses and a one-time benefit of $150,000 can be paid for those who have one of 22 cancers and worked at Rocky Flats at least 250 days between April 1, 1952 and Dec. 31, 1983.
Attendees Wednesday held a red-and-white banner: “Justice for Rocky Flats Workers.”
Rocky Flats, near Denver, was operated for the government by Dow Chemical and Rockwell from the 1950s until 1989. Clean-up began at the Superfund site in 1995.
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