The various project activities CRESP undertakes are designed to attract and train people interested in careers in nuclear waste management. This includes opportunities at undergraduate and graduate degree levels as well as for continuing professional education related to nuclear waste management. Specifically, the Consortium:

• Develops courses and curricula
• Recruits students
• Develops student summer research and internship programs
• Trains students at the Master (MS, MEng), Doctoral (PhD) and postdoctoral levels
• Establishes an internship program
• Provides workshops, seminars and other continuing education opportunities

Early Career Program

CRESP funds approximately 20 early career researchers, which we define as PhD students and postdocs.  In addition, there are MS and undergraduate students, and other affiliated PhD students and postdocs who participate in the community. The objectives of the program are:

• foster a community of graduate students and postdocs, linking the disparate geographic sites
• create professional development opportunities for our early career researchers through networking and internships
• connect all CRESP researchers with EM practitioners to enhance our research impact (Read more)

Graduate Student Support

The following universities provide support for postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate students working on CRESP projects:

• Vanderbilt University
• Georgia Tech
• Howard University
• Oregon State University
• University of Virginia

Archives

Workshops

• Workshop on Risk Assessment and Safety Decision Making Under Uncertainty, September 21-22, 2010

• Performance Assessment Community of Practice (PACOP) Technical Exchange Meeting: Modeling the Performance of Engineered Systems for Closure and Near-Surface Disposal July 13-14, 2009

• Uncertainty in Long-Term Planning Nuclear Waste Management, a Case Study January 7-8, 2008

• Nuclear Integration Project (NIP) Workshop: “The Back-end: Healing the Achilles Heel of the Nuclear Renaissance?” March 3-4, 2008

• Cementitious Materials for Waste Treatment, Disposal, Remediation and Decommissioning Workshop, December 12-14, 2006.

• The Real Obstacle to Site Completion: Credible Post Remediation Sustainable Protection at Contaminated Sites with Residual Waste, January 12-13, 2006

• Can Science Really Foster Better Public Policy Decisions? The Lessons of the CRESP Experience,  April 26, 2000

• Responsive Science: Forging Regulatory Resolution at DOE Sites,  April 12, 1999

Courses

Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry and Fuel Cycle Separations,  July 19-21, 2011

Introduction to Nuclear Fuel Cycle Chemistry,  August 4-6, 2009

Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry and Fuel Cycle Separations,  December 16-18, 2008