A REPORT ON THE WORKSHOP ON IMPROVING EXPOSURE ANALYSIS FOR DOE SITESSEPTEMBER, 1996, SAN-FRANCISCO, CA

In the aftermath of the Cold War the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) w as left with the legacy of five decades of nuclear weapons production- large volumes of nuclear and chemicals wastes and stockpiled nuclear m aterials. In 1989, DOE created the Office of Environmental Management (EM) to conduct environmental restoration and compliance activities an d to manage these wastes and nuclear materials. In 1995, DOE initiated an effort to evaluate health and environmental risks within each of t he DOE sires (using Risk Data Sheets) to help set priorities for envir onmental clean-up. Since reduction of health risks invariably requires reductions of exposure, scientifically sound and defensible analyses of both current and potential future exposures of workers, local commu nities, and Indian Nations are required if DOE/EM is to achieve its mi ssion of protection of human health and the environment.