I had the feeling that there may be reasons not to put a nuclear plant near the equator as you suggest. I had to check but if they were to do this it would be o

I had the feeling that there may be reasons not to put a nuclear plant near the equator as you suggest. I had to check but if they were to do this it would be one of the only reactors in the world essentially right on the equator [1]. One of the reasons this might be a bad idea is that many winds and ocean currents are trans-equatorial, so a fall out event would spread radiation across an entire hemisphere. The high levels of water vapour and rain may also cause problems. There is also the frequency of earthquakes, which are high in that region [2]. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-15/mapping-nuclear-reactors-around-the-world-five-years-after-fukushima https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-15/mapping-n... [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_earthquakes_1900-.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_earthquakes_1...