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'''Oak Ridge Reservation Environmental Management (OREM)''' is a U.S. Department of Energy office established in 1989 to manage the cleanup of the 32,000-acre Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee, a Superfund site contaminated by decades of Manhattan Project and Cold War nuclear activities. OREM oversees environmental restoration at three major | '''Oak Ridge Reservation Environmental Management (OREM)''' is a [[Department of Energy|U.S. Department of Energy]] office established in 1989 to manage the cleanup of the 32,000-acre Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee, a Superfund site contaminated by decades of Manhattan Project and Cold War nuclear activities. | ||
OREM oversees environmental restoration at three major sites— | |||
* [[East Tennessee Technology Park]] (ETTP) | |||
* [[Oak Ridge National Laboratory]] (ORNL) | |||
* [[Y-12 National Security Complex]] | |||
handling radioactive and hazardous waste, demolishing excess facilities, and transferring cleaned land for economic redevelopment, guided by a tri-party agreement with the EPA and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). | |||
{{Official URL (simple)|url=https://www.energy.gov/orem}} | {{Official URL (simple)|url=https://www.energy.gov/orem}} | ||
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OREM oversees: | OREM oversees: | ||
* Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF) Project - https://www.energy.gov/orem/articles/oak-ridge-begins-groundwater-demonstration-disposal-facility-project | * Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF) Project - https://www.energy.gov/orem/articles/oak-ridge-begins-groundwater-demonstration-disposal-facility-project | ||
* Uranium-233 Disposition Program<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.energy.gov/orem/articles/mock-training-benefits-high-priority-ornl-cleanup-project |title=U-233 Disposition |publisher=Department of Energy |access-date=February 22, 2025}}</ref> | * [[Uranium-233 Disposition Program]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.energy.gov/orem/articles/mock-training-benefits-high-priority-ornl-cleanup-project |title=U-233 Disposition |publisher=Department of Energy |access-date=February 22, 2025}}</ref> | ||
* Mercury Treatment Facility Construction | * Mercury Treatment Facility Construction | ||
* Excess Facility Demolition Program | * [[Excess Facility Demolition Program]] | ||
==Last total enacted budget== | ==Last total enacted budget== | ||