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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All of the above. Construction is done where engineers find works best. This will factor in labor, construction costs, available land, regulations, relations with the local government, access to water, and so on.
Most of these things improve near civilization. Often, cities or at least towns also form around major economic engines like a large powerplant.
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