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October 18, 2007	Press Release. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published its transition plan for assuming regulatory authority over certain radioactive materials.
October 17, 2007	SECY-07-0180. NRC Strategic Assessment of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Regulatory Program Letter Report Appendix A Stakeholder Views Appendix B Alternate Futures Appendix C Evaluation of Activities Appendix D Crosswalk Appendix E Knowledge Management
October 1, 2007	Press Release. NRC's Final Rule on Expanded Definition of Radioactive Byproduct Material.
September 21, 2007	Cal Rad Forum's response to the request for comments on the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the disposal of Greater-Than-Class C (GTCC) low-level radioactive waste. Our comments address the scope of the EIS and ask the DOE to include disposal of Waste Classes B and C in the disposal facility the department is to build for GTCC waste.
August 20, 2007	Letter from NRC staff concerning compatibility of AB 2214 (Keeley, 2002) with 10 CFR 61.
July 31, 2007	Correction to DOE Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for Disposal of Greater-than-Class C LLW.
July 23, 2007	DOE Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for Disposal of Greater-than-Class C LLW.
July 12, 2007	Cal Rad Forum's comments to the California Energy Commission on low-level waste disposal issues in Nuclear Power in California - 2007 Status Report .
June 11, 2007	NRC's Response to Cal Rad Forum's Letter of April 3, 2007 Concerning Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste and Need for Congress to Amend the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act.
June 2007	Nuclear Power in California - 2007 Status Report . Prepared for the California Energy Commission by MRW & Associates.
May/June, 2007	Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal. Are We Having a Crisis Yet? Courtesy Radwaste Solutions.
May/June, 2007	Editorial. I remember LLRW Disposal. Courtesy Radwaste Solutions.
May 31, 2007	Cal Rad letter to the Conference Committee on the Budget expressing opposition to the proposal to move the State's radiation regulatory program to CalEPA from the Department of Health Services in the Health and Human Services Agency.
May 14, 2007	NRC's announcement of the approval of its final rule on an expanded definition of byproduct material pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
April 3, 2007	Cal Rad Letter to NRC Commissioners on need for Congressional action to assure access to disposal facilities for low-level radioactive waste.
March 21, 2007	GAO-07-221. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management: Approaches Used by Foreign Countries May Provide Useful Lessons for Managing U.S. Radioactive Waste. Highlights.
March 19, 2007	Letter from Chairman of the Atlantic Compact Commission to South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford opposing proposal to keep the Barnwell LLRW disposal facility open to the nation after June 30, 2008
March 16, 2007	Press Release. Governor Jon Huntsman announced that EnergySolutions will withdraw its application for a super cell as part of an overall agreement between the waste disposal company and Utah. Agreement.
January, 2007	NUREG-1853. History & Framework of Commercial Low-level Radioactive Waste Management in the United States. Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste. White Paper.
August 31, 2006	Response of CalRad Forum to the NRC's "Request for Comments on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Low Level Radioactive Waste Program." Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 130 / July 7, 2006.
July 31, 2006	Schedule for Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for disposal of Greater-Than-Class C Waste
June 29, 2006	Paper presented at EPRI. "The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act: Twenty-Six Years and Counting. How Can Access to Safe Disposal Facilities Be Assured?" Alan Pasternak
June 15, 2006	GAO presentation. Lessons Learned from International Low-Level Waste Disposal Experiences - Progress Report
February 26, 2006	Paper given at the Waste Management 06 Conference. "Innovations Past and Future" Richard Hodes Award Lecture. Alan Pasternak
January 18, 2006	Cal Rad comments on LLW Forum's :Discussion of issues
November 15, 2005	Cal Rad letter to Senator Pete Domenici on LLRW disposal issue
October 6, 2005	The Low Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act Needs Amendment. Alan Pasternak. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Organization of Agreement States
December, 2004	Cal Rad Forum's Alan Pasternak. Time is Running Out for a Permanent LLW Solution. This article appeared in the December 2004 issue of Nuclear News
November, 2004	Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste. American Nuclear Society Position Statement No. 11
September, 2004	A National Solution for a National Problem. Al Pasternak.
September 30, 2004	Assuring Safe Disposal of Low Level Radioactive Waste: Status, Problems and Proposed Solutions. Testimony Before the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee. Al Pasternak