Design, Development, and Applications of LITE-EOI

As the United States advances a collaborative-based siting approach for the long-term management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel, it becomes essential to equip communities with tools that help them evaluate the feasibility of hosting one or more federal Consolidated Storage Facilities (CSFs) for commercial spent nuclear fuel. To enable such informed participation, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has supported the development of the LITE-EOI tool—an interactive, web-based platform designed to help communities in assessing potential locations for CSF development. By integrating GIS technologies with a data-driven methodology, LITE-EOI promotes transparent, informed, and collaborative decision-making. This report provides an overview of the design, development, and applications of LITE-EOI and includes sample outputs as well as the results of verification and validation analyses.