ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HOW TO FILE CLAIMS AND OBTAIN YOUR RADIATION FILM BADGE DATA
This is more information about how to the file the NSO-192 (Click To Download Form) and Privacy Act Release form for requesting a Radiation Exposure History. National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec), contractor to the Department of Energy, maintains the film badge dosimetry records for the Atmospheric Testing Era in Nevada and the Pacific Proving Grounds (1946-1962).
The form NSO-192 (privacy act release form) is for Requesting Radiation Exposure History and the affidavit of surviving relative is for individuals requesting records for a deceased family member. The affidavit needs to be completed and notarized by the next-of-kin for a deceased family member. Please also enclose two forms of identification that includes one copy of a photo identification, such as a driver's license. Make copies to send, DO NOT SEND YOUR ORIGINALS..!!
Completed NSO-192, and notarized affidavit of surviving relative (where applicable) and ID’s can be mailed back to:
Martha DeMarre
Nuclear Testing Archive
National Security Technologies, LLC
Mail Stop 400
PO Box 98521
Las Vegas, NV 89193-8521
NOTE: Do not email the completed forms and IDs. When the form is completed it contains Privacy Information. Email is not a secure form of communication.
Since you may have veteran’s who are requesting their exposure history, you may want to provide them with additional information about the various programs.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR VETERANS:
To find out about the compensation programs for Veterans, you will need to contact the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). To obtain information on military participation, you will need to contact the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Nuclear Test Personnel Review Program (NTPR). To obtain military records you will need to contact the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis MO. The contact information for each organization is listed below.
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is the Department of Defense executive Agent for the Nuclear Tests Personnel Review (NTPR) Program, which serves veterans who participated in the US atmospheric nuclear testing program.
What is the Nuclear Test Personnel Review Program (NTPR)?
The NTPR is a Department of Defense program, administered by Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), that works to confirm individual veteran's participation in U.S. atmospheric nuclear tests from 1945 to 1962, and the occupation forces of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. If the veteran is a confirmed participant of these events, NTPR provides either an actual or estimated radiation dose received by the veteran. The Department of Veterans Affairs will request this information from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) during VA claim reviews as required.
The NTPR Program has four elements designed to assist veterans by:
1. Providing participant and radiation dose information
2. Conducting historical records research
3. Performing veteran outreach
4. Supporting independent studies
These elements were designed to assist veterans who participated, to help the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) in responding to claims and to provide veterans who are concerned about possible health effects associated with participation in US atmospheric nuclear testing.
Nuclear Test Personnel Review (NTPR) Program website is:
http://www.dtra.mil/Home/NuclearTestPersonnelReview.aspx
To locate military records contact the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO and more locations.
The Internet Address for Several National Personnel Records Centers that may be good sources for Veteran's to search for their records. There may be files that were not burned in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records at St. Louis still intact.
CLICK HERE To go to several of the National Personnel Military Records Centers Web Sites.
National Personnel Records Center (St. Louis, MO) Military Personnel Records contact information is:
Mailing Address:
National Personnel Records Center
Military Personnel Records
9700 Page Avenue
Phone: 314-801-0800
Fax 314-801-9195
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Martha DeMarre
Nuclear Testing Archive
National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec)
Contractor to the United States Department of Energy
Mail Stop 400
PO Box 98521
Las Vegas, NV 89193-8521
Phone 702-794-5106
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