CalRad Forum Spring Conference Announcement

["ERIC GOLDIN" <goldinem@songs.sce.com>]

     The California Radioactive Materials Management Forum (CalRad 
     Forum) will hold its' Annual Spring Conference May 15 - May 16 at 
     the Mesa Pavilion Hilton, Mesa, Arizona.
     
     The preliminary program includes a newly offered and 
     well-received workshop on media relations for radiation safety 
     officers and others in medical, teaching and pharmaceutical 
     settings.  This Thursday afternoon workshop is very valuable to 
     those who routinely deal with radioactive materials and want 
     become more confident dealing with the media about waste issues.  
     The National Low-Level Waste Management Program offers these 
     workshops free of charge and attendance at the CalRad Conference 
     is not required.
     
     Thursday evening includes a reception and dinner at the nearby 
     "Rockin' R Ranch Cowboy Dinner Theater."
     
     The Friday formal conference program begins at 8:30 am and 
     concludes about 4:30 pm.  The focus of this years Conference is 
     "Ward Valley: Action or Inaction?  Will Politics Continue to 
     Outweigh Sound Science?"  California is the only state to have 
     issued and successfully defended a license for a new low level 
     radioactive waste disposal facility as required by the Low Level 
     Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980 and the Amendments Act of 
     1985.  Transfer of land from the Federal Bureau of Land 
     Management remains the only significant obstacle.  Speakers 
     representing the state and federal government, the Southwestern 
     Compact Commission, the developer and radioactive material users 
     will address the political, institutional and legal issues.  
     Practical approaches to low level radwaste treatment will also be 
     presented.
     
     For further information or to placed on the mailing list for the 
     final program announcement, contact CalRad's Administrative 
     Director Betsy Hite at (916) 687-8701.  For more information 
     about the technical program contact CalRad's Technical Director 
     Dr. Alan Pasternak at (510) 283-5210.
     
     Thanks, Eric Goldin
     Southern California Edison
     <goldinem@songs.sce.com>