This first report briefly reviews the environment, safety, and health history at the Morgantown Energy Technology Center and enumerates and describes the program in FY81 for ambient air, water/wastewater, and solids/hazardous by-products, safety, occupational health, and industrial hygiene. Professional development, publications, and conference presentations also are presented for FY81. The environmental protection management program provided technical assistance and compliance related support services for both on- and off-site projects. In FY81, the safety program focused on developing and issuing a Site Environment, Safety, and Health Plan, that provides for safe design and operation for the facility. Other safety activities provided controls during planning and design phases of projects and defined the methods to achieve an acceptable level of risk at the Morgantown Energy Technology Center 47-acre developed site. The efforts of the occupational health program in FY81 were directed toward protecting employees from health and safety hazards in their work environment and overseeing any physical limitations that would hamper job performance or safety.