[en] Siting criteria and procedures have been evolved over the years in many countries and especially in developed countries where nuclear power forms a sizable fraction of the total energy production. In the developing countries nuclear power is progressively gaining ground. Due to differences in factors such as environmental conditions, data availability, grid capabilities, infrastructure etc., siting of nuclear power plants in such regions may pose some problems and at the same time offer some advantages. In this paper these have been discussed with reference to parameters which play an important role as regards safety. Generally, man-induced events and to a certain extent population distribution considerations represent site selection factors relatively easy to evaluate, whereas lack of readily available data for seismic evaluation, extreme meteorological phenomena etc., are factors more difficult to assess. (author)