By Valerie Volcovici

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Tuesday announced it has restored an advisory board that plays a key role in approving medical claims by nuclear weapons workers who have had high radiation exposure, after it was suspended by the Department of Health and Human Services in January.

Eligible workers at U.S. Department of Energy and Defense nuclear sites are entitled to a $150,000 lump-sum payment and medical insurance if they can demonstrate through petitions that the cancers they are diagnosed with can be linked to high exposure to radiation during their employment.

The restoration of the board was part of a White House executive order that enables nearly two dozen federal advisory committees, including the HHS Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, t

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