draft - DOE Oak Ridge Operations - U.S. Department of Energy

2. Oak Ridge Operations (ORO) OfficeDRAFTDOE faces a new era. We are being asked to redirect our focus from energy productionand use to strengthening the economy, protecting the environment, and reducing thenuclear danger. As one of the Department’s operations offices, Oak Ridge hasstrategically aligned itself to support the new direction of the Department. ORO’s vision,management objectives, and missions have evolved to support the Department’schanging direction, and ORO’s major functional areas have been appropriatelyrealigned.2.1 ORO VisionEast Tennessee is becoming a vital "Technology Corridor" from Chattanooga to the Tri-Cities, with a government-industry partnership at its core. A world-class array ofcapabilities and highly trained personnel make the Oak Ridge Complex a unique, userfriendlyregional and national resource. Partnerships among government, universities,and private industry create an infrastructure where scientific research, technologyapplication, and industrial opportunity combine to leverage resources and attract wideparticipation. Capabilities of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge facilities-thescientific magnet for the Corridor-include research and development, environmentalrestoration, waste management, education, and national security programs.Environmental and Waste Management Expertise. Success has resulted from takingadvantage of the considerable environmental and waste management expertise thatexists throughout the region, from forming unique partnerships to enhance private sectorcapabilities, and from spawning related industries in East Tennessee. By 2010, the K-25Site will have been de-federalized, making its physical and infrastructure assetsavailable to a wide variety of potential users in the environmental restoration and wastemanagement industry.Oak Ridge OperationsInformation Management Plan8/5/97 2-1Revision 0