1. Nuclear Safety: Some Reasons Why Siting is Important 2. Power Station Planning in the UK 3. Remote Siting Policies in the UK 4. Relaxed Siting Policies in the UK 5. Three Case Studies of UK Nuclear Power Station Planning 6. Siting Reactors in the US 7. Demographic Characteristics of Nuclear Power Station Sites in the UK and US 8. Optimal Siting from a Public Perspective 9. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations

Originally published in 1986. In this independent critique, based on four years of research, the author argues that reactor siting provides a simple means of offering additional, design-independent margins of safety. Reactor siting policies in the UK and USA are examined and it is suggested that UK siting practices need to be updated.