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Abhcrct-The necwrsity for improved decision making concerning the siting ind licensiug of m+r power facilities has been acceierated in the past decade by the i n a d environmental consciousness of the public and by the energy crbis These ploblems are exceedingly complex due to their multiple objective nature, the many interest groups, the longrange time horizons, md the inherent uncertainties of the potential impacts of any decispn. Abng with the relatively objective economic md engineering concerns, clearly the more subjective factors involving safety, environmental, and aocipl issues are crucial to the problem. Hence, the professional judgments and knowledge of experts in these =ea should be utilized in analyses of siting decisions Likewise, the preferences of the general public, as consumers, the utility companies, as builders and operators of power plant facilities, and environmentalists and the government must be accounted for in analyzing power plant siting and licensing issues. We advocate an approach for formally articulating the experts' judgments and the decision makers' preferences, both of which are cleariy subjective, and 9 these dong with the more objective considerations in a @ a l manner to acquire the implications for decision making. The appropriateness and application of decision analysis for power plant loation decisions is discussed and illustrated m this paper. Emphasis is placed on the Pssesgnent of the decision maker's preferences and trodeoffs concerning multiple objectives.

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