How Web-based GIS was used in waste disposal option discussions to develop a better recommendation - 15421

Arriving at a consensus from individuals or parties who look at the world from varying perspectives often involves compromises. For the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion (PGDP) site, the need to compromise has become readily apparent when trying to look at the big picture from the viewpoint of a project engineer, Department of Energy (DOE) official, politician, public citizen, economic development official, or environmental regulator to name a few. Each interested party has its own wishes and desires as it pertains to a particular outcome for a project, area, or the overall site end-state vision. The Paducah Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) is using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a tool to help illustrate the intricacies of the PGDP site. This picture allows all parties the opportunity see how DOE Environmental Management (EM) cleanup decisions will affect the greater community by defining the spatial context of the issue in which all parties are interested. (authors)