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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You need sizeable crew to maintain the plant. All highly skilled and educated.

It take years to build such reactor building it in middle of nowhere adds costs.

You cant just build it anywhwre you need big body of water for cooling and stable ground. The former is problem in the middle of Australia, the latter in the middle od Siberia.

Consider this: would YOU be willing to move to middle of nowhere with your family for work ?

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