  The United States DOE Office of Integrated Waste Management program is
planning for the transportation, storage, and eventual disposal of spent
nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plant sites
across the United States. The Next Generation System Analysis Model is an
agent-based simulation toolkit that is used for system level simulation and
analysis of the SNF inventory in the United States. This tool was developed as
part of a collaborative effort between Argonne National Laboratory and Oak
Ridge National Laboratory. The analyst using NGSAM has the ability to define
several factors like the number of storage facilities, capacity at each
facility, transportation schedules, shipment rates, and other conditions. The
primary purpose of NGSAM is to provide the system analyst with the tools to
model the integrated waste management system and gain insights on waste
management alternatives, impact of storage choices, generating cost estimates,
and developing an integrated approach with emphasis on flexibility.
