This Guidebook constitutes a complement to a series of technical guidebooks: Technical Evaluation of Bids for Nuclear Power Plants, Technical Reports Series No. 204 (1981); Guidebook on the Introduction of Nuclear Power, Technical Reports Series No. 217 (1982); and Economic Evaluation of Bids for Nuclear Power Plants, 1999 Edition, Technical Reports Series No. 369 (2000). These provide, in particular, information on the process of plant acquisition and advice on the principal activities involved in the planning and implementation of nuclear power projects, as well as on the infrastructure requirements and development needs for the successful implementation of a nuclear power programme. These reports are directed to the special needs of developing countries.