ABSTRACT
The siting of nuclear electric plants and their related facility system may be characterized as both a public and private sector location problem. Site-planning for nuclear facilities has required and continues to require an interdisciplinary perspective; most, if not all of the research efforts undertaken may be placed in one of three categories: Survey/modelling empirical studies and policy analysis. In regard to the geometric structure of the nuclear electric facility system, the entire process whereby electricity is produced and consumed requires continuous connection of generating plants, substation, and end users, each of which is a node along a complex transmission power grid network. Up to 1970, the electric utility industry encountered little public opposition in the development and location of additional electrical capacity. The nuclear electric industry in particular has already felt the impact of these and other concerns resulting in a significant downturn in nuclear energy development along with an ever more stringent site selection and approval process.
