Factors relating to the selection of sites for nuclear power stations in certain industrial countries

The subject is discussed under the following headings: background to the supply of energy (energy supply in general (economics, planning of energy policy); supply of nuclear energy (objectives, national nuclear industry, technology, development, internal conflicts within government and parties, public conflict)); environmental planning (legal foundations, planning levels, site provision planning, public investigations, electrical utility companies); general and statutory atomic licensing procedure; criteria; details of cross-frontier commissions for determining sites. (U.K.)