Why are nuclear reactors commonly built near cities and not in the middle of nowhere like Siberia and Australia?

Question

Is it because the lack of infrastructure that they can’t deal with it on the offset of a nuclear meltdown? Or that the resources needed to maintain the reactor needs to be efficiently sent?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

I think it is more reasonable than building cities commonly built near sea shores, being directly threatened by tsunami, hurricanes and sea level rise.