This panel focused on the three DOE program sites located on the Oak Ridge Reservation: Office of Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; National Nuclear Security Agency, Y-12 National Security Site; and Environmental Management, East Tennessee Technology Park (The former K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant). The full remediation of the Oak Ridge Reservation is critical to enable reindustrialization and modernization of DOE's missions and investments and to ensure the reservation is an enduring national asset. The session highlighted challenges and innovative approaches to their resolution, detail partnerships that enable success and provide a view into the vision and plan for cleanup to enable future missions.
1. The Oak Ridge Partnership: DOE EM Challenges and Future Vision presented by Sue Cange, US DOE OR EM Manager
2. Y-12 National Security Complex Making the World Safer presented by Eva Irwin, B&W Y-12
3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory World Class Science Initiatives for The DOE Office of Science presented by Dirk Van Hoesen, Director Environmental Management Program Office – UT-Battelle
4. State of Tennessee's Perspective: Economic and Environmental Aspects of the Oak Ridge Reservation presented by Robert Martineau, TDEC Commissioner