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

Because that’s where it’s needed most.

Nuclear power stations do NOT use a nuclear explosion to create power. They use the nuclear element to heat water to turn it into steam, and the steam spins a turbine, which creates power. It’s one of the safest forms of power generation.