Cal Rad Forum's Fifteenth Annual Fall Conference, Nov. 13-14, 1997; Oakland, Cal

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October 31, 1997

From:	Alan Pasternak, Technical Director, Cal Rad Forum
To:		RADSAFE

The Fifteenth Annual Fall Conference of the California Radioactive Materials
Management Forum will be held Thursday and Friday, November 13-14, 1997 at the
Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, California.

The Conference theme is Ward Valley: Political Hostage or Bellwether for Safe
Disposal?

The conference program includes the following speakers and subjects:

Status Reports on Ward Valley and activities of the Southwestern Compact
Commission 
Don Womeldorf, Executive Director, Southwestern Compact Commisison; 
Carl Lischeske, Low-Level Waste Program Manager, California Department of
						Health Services;
James Schaffner, Ward Valley Project Manager, US Ecology, Inc.;
Dr. Alan Pasternak, Technical Director, Cal Rad Forum

Use of Radioactive Isotopes in Biomedical Research
Tom Sanders, Chiron Corporation

RSH: Bringing Good Science to Radiation Policy
Theodore Rockwell, Vice President, Radiation Science and Health, Inc.

Why Bad Things Happen to Good Radwaste "Dumps"--Ward Valley and the Media
William Kahrl, Former Opinion Editor, The Sacramento Bee

SPECIAL LUNCHEON TALK
Ward Valley: "Enough is Enough"
George Dunn, Chief of Staff to Governor Pete Wilson

The Use of Radioisotopes in Space Exploration
Reed Wilcox, Cassini Project, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Food Irradiation
Tom Mates, General Manager, Sterigenics Corporation

Panel: The Future and Importance of Nuclear Energy
Moderator: Dr. Eric Goldin, Supervisor, Health Physics and Environmental,
Southern California Edison Company
Dr. A. David Rossin, Former Assistant Secretary of Energy
Dr. Chauncey Starr, Former President, Electric Power Research Institute
Dr. Bertram Wolfe, Former Vice President & Manager of Nuclear Operations,
General Electric Company

Perceived Impact of Urban Releases of Radioactuve Materials
Paul Lavely, Radiation Safety Officer, University of California, Berkeley

Review of UCLA's Rocketdyne's Worker Health Effects Report
Myron Pollycove, M.D., Medical Fellow, USNRC; Professor Emeritus, University
of California, San Francisco
Dr. Otto Raabe, Institute of Toxicology & Environmental Health, University of
California at Davis; President of Health Physics Society, '97-'98.

For more information, please see Cal Rad's web page at <www.calradforum.gov>.
Call Betsy Hite, Cal Rad's Administrative Director.