system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why can't we just put nuclear power plants in 'the middle of nowhere' and use all the power they generate? Why place something potential dangerous anywhere near civilization?
gpt
If you place a nuclear plant in the middle of nowhere you need expensive power transmission lines to connect it to the users. You also need to build trains and roads to the area for the construction. You may also need to make a factory for the concrete and steelworks close by. All the construction workers need a place to live and later you need places for the workers at the power plant to live. The logistics is a lot harder as you can not just pop out to the hardware store if you need something. In Soviet they did this for administrative purposes. The Chernobyl power plant had 50,000 people living in the nearest city and they only provided the power plant with workers and hardware.