This tool was developed to support the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation and Screening Study, and is intended to be used in conjunction with the information contained in the final report.
The SET tool is an Excel-based application that contains evaluation data for the fuel cycle Evaluation Groups analyzed in the study. This represents the performance with respect to the evaluation metrics used to identify fuel cycle options that offer the potential for significant improvement, compared to the current U.S fuel cycle. The SET tool also contains the range of value judgments used in the study.
A user can:
- Repeat the evaluation and screening process used in the study that identified promising options for R&D, with either the entire set of options (Evaluation Groups) or a subset of the options.
- Explore the impact of varying the relative importance of criteria for identifying promising fuel cycles.
- Perform an evaluation and screening of specific fuel cycles. Metric data can be extracted from the final report and used in the SET tool.
This is intended to be a flexible resource for understanding how the choice of fuel cycle impacts criteria of interest.