### Question
What does member of the Special Exposure Cohort mean?


### Answer
**Member of the Special Exposure Cohort** has the following meaning in *42 U.S.C. § 7384l*:

> a Department of Energy employee, Department of Energy contractor employee, or atomic weapons employee who meets any of the following requirements:


(A) The employee was so employed for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days before February 1, 1992, at a gaseous diffusion plant located in Paducah, Kentucky, Portsmouth, Ohio, or Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and, during such employment—


(i) was monitored through the use of dosimetry badges for exposure at the plant of the external parts of employee's body to radiation

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 7384l*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 84-DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY > SUBCHAPTER XVI-ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM > Part B-Program Administration**

