The California Radioactive Materials Management Forum (CalRad) was created by users of radioactive materials in the Southwestern Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact in1983 to assist the State of California, the host state for the compact region, in developing a regional LLRW disposal facility under the federal Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act. CalRad was the nation’s first such group and is one of the few remaining active LLRW generators groups.
The Commission recognizes CalRad as the third recipient of the Hodes Honor Lecture Award for the organization’s contributions toward solving waste management problems in the Southwestern Compact region and the United States through legislative and regulatory development; innovative legislative and regulatory concepts; public involvement and education; and the creation of a unique partnership among LLRW generators, regulatory agencies, and the private sector.