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The site currently serves as the center of DOEs environmental

ETTP - This facility was formerly known as the Oak Ridge Gaseousĭiffusion Plant (or K-25) and served as a uranium enrichment facility.

It now serves as part of DOEs weapons dismantlementĬomplex and is home to the Centers for Manufacturing Technology. Until 1992, the plant served as a weapons component manufacturingįacility.

Y-12 Plant - The plants original mission was to separateįissionable isotopes of uranium by the electromagnetic process.

With current emphasis on both applied energy technologies and Processes for separating plutonium from irradiated uranium fuelįor use in the atomic bomb.

ORNL - The laboratorys original mission was to develop.

(ORNL), Y-12 Plant, and East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP).

The site includes three facilities Oak Ridge National Laboratory It was established in the early 1940'sĪs part of the Manhattan Project to build the first atomic bomb. The Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) is located in Roane and AndersonĬounties in East Tennessee. Protected during environmental restoration and ongoing activitiesĪt the ORR and to assist in cleanup decisions.

Of Tennessee that their health, safety, and environment are being The primary objective of the Division is to assure the citizens Ridge Reservation (ORR) are thoroughly investigated and monitored. With past and present activities at the Department of Energy Oak (the Division) is to ensure that the environmental impacts associated The purpose of the Department of Energy (DOE) Oversight Division

DOE and the State, in a spirit of partnership and cooperation, agree to find ways to achieve clean air, water and land in concert with sustainable economic growth. Through a program of independent monitoring and oversight, the State will advise and assist to assure that DOE's activities do not adversely impact the public health, safety and the environment. The TOA is designed to assure the citizens of Tennessee that their health, safety and environment are being protected through existing programs and substantial new commitments by DOE. This Agreement reflects an extension of the Agreement between the DOE and the State executed on May 13, 1991, and continues to reflect the obligations and agreements regarding DOE's technical and financial support. The Tennessee Oversight Agreement (TOA) is a voluntarily agreement entered into between the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and the State of Tennessee (State). E-mail your questions/comments to the Department of Energy Oversight Division Tennessee Oversight Agreement