October 31,2002

The Secretary of Energy’s Office of Independent Oversight and Performance Assurance (OA) conducted an inspection of environment, safety, and health (ES&H) and emergency management programs at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Nevada Test Site (NTS) in September and October 2002.

This report provides a summary of the results of an inspection of the environment, safety, and health and emergency management programs at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Nevada Test Site.  The inspection was conducted in September and October 2002 by the DOE Office of Independent Oversight and Performance Assurance.  More detailed results are provided in Volume I to this report for the environment, safety and health aspects of the inspection and Volume II for the emergency management aspects of the inspection.