Standardized verification of the Cyclus fuel cycle simulator

Abstract

Many nuclear fuel cycle system modeling codes can analyze transition from a once-through to an advanced nuclear fuel cycle. Verification studies compare various fuel cycle analysis tools to test agreement and identify sources of di↵erence. This paper benchmarks Cyclus, the agent-based, open-source fuel cycle simulation code, against a verification study [1] for DYMOND [2], VISION [3], ORION [4], and MARKAL [5]. This study reveals that Cyclus can match the results from other codes closely, with minor di↵erences caused by reactor module behavior.