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5. SITING CONSIDERATIONS
or recreational (summer visitors) reasons, must also be performed. While the population
distribution is rarely an absolute reason for rejection at this stage, the demographic data
do have a considerable influence on the decision to accept or reject a given site.
Finally, the last phase, “confirmation” of a site, must include gathering of data necessary
to demonstrate its reliability. This is based on a very fine analysis of the population
distribution, especially in the immediate vicinity of the site.
On these bases, it is not easy, nor always considered desirable, to fix overly strict limits
on the population density and distribution. Given the complete set of factors that
contribute to the safety of a site, case‐by‐case analyses are still the most realistic approach
to the problem, with the understanding that the lowest possible population densities are
preferable. This “case‐bycase”" approach is one of the original features of French
practice, which is characterized by great flexibility, unlike the approach taken in other
countries that have begun, before doing any work, by passing a nuclear law, or that have
frozen their technical regulations in the mould created by international recommendations
without testing them in contact with national realities.