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

Nuclear Plants need rivers, lakes, or oceans for cooling.

Humans also like to build cities near rivers, lakes, and oceans as its needed for drinking water and transportation.