Vorschlag für ein systematisches bewertungsverfahren zur wahl von reaktorstandorten

The choice of reactor sites is determined by more numerous and diverse considerations than are involved in the site selection for a conventional industrial plant. The question of site selection for nuclear reactors and nuclear research centers is still a matter of much controversy. The present paper attempts to develop a systematic procedure for guidance in site selection considering hydrologic, geologic, topographic, and meteorologic conditions, as well as parameters of population density distribution, interests of neighbouring industries, agricultural use of the environments, and traffic situation. The task is to select in a systematic way, from a number of possible suitable sites the one representing an overall optimum. As illustrative examples some reactor sites in Germany are analysed using the suggested procedure. The intended use of the procedure is, of course, not aimed to the comparison of sites for different reactors, but to the comparison of different sites for a specific reactor facility.