ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS

The Emergency Management Center has a strong interest in research on environmental issues including hazardous and nuclear waste disposal, chemicals in the environment, environmental equity, environmental mediation, assessment of environmental risks and impacts, and other related topics. We have experience in both applied research, applications of research, and integrated assessment. Our computer software model PADRE; designed to estimate dosage and dosage reduction for chemical accidents; is one of the firt attempts to integrate atmospheric dispersion, human behavior, and health effects into a single model. In addition, we have considerable experience with NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) analyses including ones concerning energy production facilities, energy conservation programs, incineration technologies, and water projects.

Selected Publications

• Sorensen, J., S. Carnes, and J. Soderstrom, "Sweet for the Sour: Incentives in Environmental Mediation", Environmental Management, Vol. 8, No. 2,, pp. 287-294. 1984.
  
  
• Carnes, S. et al., "Incentives and Nuclear Waste Siting: Prospect and Constraints", Energy Systems and Policy, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 323-351. 1983.
  
  
• Sorensen, J. et al., "Impacts of Hazardous Technology: The Psycho-Social Effects of Restarting TMI-1", Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1987.
  
  
• Vogt, B., J. Sorensen, and H. Hardee, "Environmental Assessment and Social Justice," Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL/TM-12919, March, 1995.
  
  
• Sorensen, J., et al., "Restarting TMI Unit One: Social and Psychological Impacts," Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Report No. 5891, 1983.
  
  
• Sorensen, J. and  Mileti, D. "Risk Communication For Emergencies, in R. Kasperson and P. Stallen (eds.),  Communicating Risks to the Public: International Perspectives.  Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990, pp. 369-394.

• Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program EIS
  
• Three Mile Unit One Restart EIS
  
• Commercial and Apartment Conservation Service Program EIS
  
• Solvent Refined Coal-II Demonstration Plant EIS