'This regulatory document is part of the CNSC’s reactor facilities series of regulatory documents, which also includes licence application guides for licences to construct, operate and decommission nuclear power plants. Regulatory document REGDOC-1.1.1, Site Evaluation and Site Preparation for New Reactor Facilities sets out requirements and guidance for site evaluation and site preparation for new reactor facilities. It also includes a licence application guide for a licence to prepare a site for new reactor facilities. This document refers to both nuclear power plants and small reactor facilities as “reactor facilities”. Its content also addresses how site evaluation information obtained during site preparation activities is used and revisited in subsequent lifecycle phases of construction and operation'--Preface, p. i.