Russia Plans To Make Floating Nuclear Power Plants Operational By 2016

One of the biggest shipbuilders of Russia has undertaken the responsibility of building the world’s first floating nuclear power plant and making it operational by the year 2016. The main purpose of building this floating power plant is to provide energy to large industrial enterprises, port cities and offshore gas and oil-extracting platforms. These power plants when modified will also be able to serve as a desalination plant capable of producing 240,000 cubic meters of fresh water daily. The floating power plant will be a vessel having displacement of 21,500 tons and will be taken care of by a crew of about 70 people. The ship will be equipped with two modified KLT-40 naval propulsion reactors that shall provide 70 MW of electricity or 300 MW of heat. The ship shall not have an engine and will require a tow from another ship to help it travel to its destination.


In the past we have seen mishaps in the nuclear power plants like Fukushima, so the designers have made sure that the reactors are able to survive natural forces like tsunami and crashes with other ships. Once started these reactors can work for about 40 years after which they can be returned to a specialized facility for re-utilization. Efforts for building portable nuclear power plants had started long back in with a prototype ship named as “Akademik Lomonosov” in the year 2007 but the project was stalled for the last two years due to lack of funds. This project has now being resurrected with the help of a joint deal between the Baltic plant and the state run Rosenergoatom company.

We at VoiCE surely appreciate this effort and so have 15 countries who have expressed their interest to procure this technology. So what do you think about this idea and will it be successful in winning the heart of skeptics who are worried about the darker side of nuclear power. Let us know in the comments section below.

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