CRESP III Reviews
CRESP Review Team Letter Report 1. January 10, 2007. CRESP independent expert review team report to the manager of the Office of River Protection Program on the adequacy of available data, test plans and testing results to support design, integration and operation of specific component
processes, and issue resolution for the Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) and alternate Low
Activity Waste (LAW) treatment technologies.
CRESP Review of Pilot Studies in Support of Steam Reforming Processes for treating Sodium-Bearing Wastes (SBW) at the Idaho National Laboratory View Letter Report 1, Final Follow-up letter October 2006
Preliminary Risk Evaluation of
Calcined High-Level Waste Disposition at the Idaho Site
Full
Report (Idaho
National Laboratory Site Environmental Management Citizens Advisory
Board Review
of CRESP Report
Recommendation #
123)
Preliminary Risk Evaluation of Options For
Buried Waste Disposition at the Idaho Site
Full
Report (Idaho National
Laboratory Site Environmental Management Citizens Advisory Board Review of CRESP Report Recommendation
# 124)
Legal and Related
Policy Issues for Integrating Remediation and NRD Strategies at DOE Sites
View Report
Natural Resource Damages
and the Department of Energy: Integrating Ecosystem Recovery into the
Remediation Process View Report
Natural Resource Damage
Assessments as Related to Department of Energy Site Clean up Concerns:
A Preliminary Review
View Report
End State Land Uses,
Sustainable Protective Systems, and Risk Management: A Challenge for Multi-Generational
Stewards View Report
Land Use
Controls, Public Health Surveillance, and the Public’s Peace of Mind
at the United States Major Nuclear Weapons Legacy Sites View Report
Environmental Cleanup of the Nation’s Former Nuclear Weapons Sites: Unprecedented Public-Private Challenges at the Largest Facilities
View Report
CRESP II Amchitka Reports
Biomonitoring for Ecosystem and Human Health Protection at Amchitka Island, January 13, 2006 View Report
Amchitka Independent Science Assessment:
Biological and Geophysical Aspects of Potential Radionuclide Exposure in the Amchitka Marine Environment August 1, 2005 View Report
Addendum to:
Final Report of the CRESP
Amchitka Independent Science Assessment: Biological and Geophysical Aspects of
Potential Radionuclide Exposure in the Amchitka Marine Environment
Selecting Radiological Data for Bioindicator Selection View Report
To View Additional Reports, reviews and presentations from CRESP II
*CRESP II was managed by the Institute for Responsible Management from 2000- 2006. For more information on CRESP II activities and to view Scholarly Products.
CRESP III
CRESP III: National nuclear waste issues to be tackled by multi-university team
CRESP, a multi-university consortium of engineers and scientists, have learned a lot during the last ten years about how to handle nuclear waste. By helping the nation through the U.S. Department of Energy find the best ways to clean up nuclear weapons production sites and to dispose of nuclear wastes safely, these nuclear waste experts hope to leverage their knowledge to help the U.S. find safe ways to effectively manage nuclear waste from civilian nuclear power as well as defense sources, which they see as an critical component if the nation is to accept expanded nuclear power generating capacities.
But the first step is to continue to clean up the “legacy wastes” of the Cold War, the Vanderbilt leaders of the consortium say. The CRESP Consortium partners include faculty members from Rutgers University, University of Pittsburgh, New York University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Howard University, University of Arizona, and Oregon State University.
The multi-university Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation will be funded by a DOE cooperative agreement for the next five years (2006 - 2011) to continue to work with DOE and its stakeholders on how to clean up legacy wastes from the nuclear arms race and to contribute to the technical foundation for safe management of nuclear waste from a wide range of sources.
Although CRESP has focused on site remediation, its work has required engineers and scientists to understand the complete life cycle of nuclear power generation, weapons production and environmental impacts from nuclear weapons tests.
CRESP has since 1995 been researching ways to advance cost-effective clean up of the nation’s nuclear weapons production waste sites and test facilities. CRESP III will work to improve technical clarity based on experience developed earlier by CRESP to help guide both nuclear weapons sites remediation and safe management of wastes produced by nuclear power plants.
Photo: CRESP III Management Board Team:
Charles Powers, James Johnson, David Kosson, Mchael Greenberg, Joanna Burger, Kathryn Higley, and Richard Stewart (l-r).
CRESP III Co-sponsors Workshop at the Savannah River National Laboratory 
The Savannah River National Laboratory, the Department of Energy, Vanderbilt University and the Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP) hosted the Cementitious Materials for Waste Treatment, Disposal, Remediation and Decommissioning Workshop on December 12-14, 2006. The workshop was preceded by one day of LeachXS Geochemical Software training, provided by Vanderbilt University.
The goal of this meeting was to provide a forum for technical exchange on the use of cementitious materials for radioactive and mixed waste treatment/disposal, environmental restoration, and facility decommissioning in the DOE complex. Exchange of needs, technologies, and approaches to performance predictions among technical experts, regulators, and stakeholders is intended to advance the state of knowledge and identify knowledge gaps. Lessons learned and case studies throughout the DOE Complex were shared. This workshop was intended for scientists, engineers, project managers, university personnel, and regulatory and oversight personnel. Information developed from this workshop will support Department of Energy decision making and deployment of cementitious materials. This information will be made available in a summary report. Workshop Information
