ABSTRACT: Based on current status and developing trend of nuclear power plant technology, an evaluation software
system is developed to assess advanced NPPs systematically according to a set of pre-established evaluation indices.
The selection and classification of the indices, the determination of their weighting factors in applying AHP (analytic¡¡hierarchy process) method are discussed. The Fuzzy Comprehensive method and the Fuzzy Borda Number method are¡¡studied in detail. The original input data required by the evaluation system are deduced from the expert survey sheets¡¡Evaluation results with common significance of public attraction are discussed and analyzed according to the¡¡opinions of different experts grouped by age, profession and working expertise etc. The evaluation system is computer¡¡network based with high flexible and user friendly human-machine interface on which it is easy to manipulate and¡¡update the evaluation system, and to display evaluation results as well.