1st floating nuclear power plant unveiled by Russia. Russia has recently unveiled the world's first floating nuclear power station in the port of the far northern city of Murmansk.
- It will be loaded with nuclear fuel at Murmansk and will be towed to port of Pevek in autonomous Chukotka region in Russia’s far northeast in Arctic Circle region.
- Akademik Lomonosov is constructed by the state nuclear power firm Rosatom.
- It is a 144 by 30 meter ship which holds two reactors with two 35 megawatt nuclear reactors.
- It has displacement of 21,500 tonnes and crew of 69 people.
- It will be primarily used to power oil rigs as Russia pushes further north into the Arctic to drill for oil and gas and needs electricity in far-flung locations
- The barge can produce enough electricity to power a town of 2,00,000 residents.
- The barge had initially been scheduled to be fuelled in Saint Petersburg, but that work was moved to Murmansk instead due to concern in countries along the Baltic Sea.
- It has latest security systems and is considered as one of safest nuclear installations in the world.
