The multi-university Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP) has served DOE and its stakeholders since 1995, recently through a cooperative agreement (2006 – 2017) awarded to Vanderbilt University.
The objective of CRESP is to advance cost-effective, risk-based cleanup of the nation’s nuclear weapons production facility waste sites and cost-effective, risk-based management of potential future nuclear sites and wastes. This is accomplished by seeking to improve the scientific and technical basis for environmental management decisions by the Department of Energy (DOE) and by fostering public participation in that search.
News & Updates
- Energy secretary says Hanford cleanup is moral obligation - The Department of Energy has a moral and legal obligation to clean up Hanford, Ernest Moniz told DOE employees...
- Huge vault to be moved at Hanford - Washington Closure Hanford is making extensive preparations to lift the underground 340 Vault, weighing 1,100 tons, and haul it to central Hanford for disposal.
- B Reactor bill passes Senate committee - "Today marks an important step towards preserving the Hanford B Reactor's place in American history and allowing more visitors to see this historic site,"
- DOE pushes to prevent vit plant furloughs - Congressional committees have begun considering a Department of Energy request that could prevent furloughs at the Hanford vitrification plant and help meet a key legal deadline for emptying underground waste tanks.
Recent Publication
The new book Stakeholders and Scientists provides a conceptual framework for stakeholder involvement, followed by case studies to explore how to collaborate among stakeholders and communities to solve environmental problems. (Joanna Burger (Ed.) More information on this new book…
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Fifteen years of CRESP reviews, reports, publications and other technical and scholarly products can be accessed via the CRESP Publication Search. Search now…
About Us
The CRESP Management Board is comprised of technical, engineering, scientific and policy experts from ten university consortium member institutions: Vanderbilt University, Howard University, New York University School of Law, Oregon State University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, University of Arizona, University of Pittsburgh, University of Wisconsin – Madison, and Georgia Institute of Technology.
Learn about the diverse skills and interests of CRESP Management and Advisory Board members…