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
- Ernest Moniz Unanimously Confirmed to Be Next U.S. Energy Secretary - Mr. Moniz won bipartisan support in a 97-0 vote and will take over the Department of Energy as it weighs several applications to export U.S. natural gas.
- A Look Back: Four Years with Dr. Chu - ...here's a look back at his time overseeing important investments in science, innovation, and clean energy technologies ...
- Steven Chu has left the building - Monday was the final day of Chu’s four-year-plus tenure at the Energy Department (DOE).
- Ensuring the Safety of Spent Fuel in Storage - The NRC has updated its Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel fact sheet, which explains the two major ways spent fuel is managed – in pools and in dry cask storage.
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…