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

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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?

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They need water and lots of highly trained people. Plus a very competent infrastructure around them just in case something bad happens needing specialist equipment.

So middle of Australia not so good.

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