Compensation scheme for radiation-linked diseases

<p>The Compensation scheme for radiation-linked diseases is a no-fault workers compensation scheme set-up by agreement between the nuclear site license holders and their workers trades unions. It was established in November 1982 by <a href="/facts/British_Nuclear_Fuels_Ltd/MlHAQFhA">British Nuclear Fuels Limited</a> and its <a href="/facts/Trade_union/PjeN2WKu">trade unions</a> following legal actions brought against the company by nuclear industry workers in the late 1970s. At the time of its establishment, BNFL and its trade unions agreed that the causation of cancer by radiation was sufficiently well understood that "it should be possible to construct a scheme which would evaluate the probability that a diagnosed cancer may have been caused by radiation exposure at work." Initially the scheme only accepted claims in which a worker had died from a radiation-linked disease. In 1987 this was expanded to allow <a href="/facts/Disease/55eeQlGL">morbidity</a> claims. The list of participating member employers and trade unions has grown through the 1990s and 2000s. As of July 2021, 1710 cases had been received and considered since the Scheme began. 163 of those resulted in successful claims. Compensation payments exceeding £8.90 million have been paid to claimants.
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Compensation scheme for radiation-linked diseases