Russia starts the reactor of the world’s only floating nuclear power unit
Reactor Unit 1 of Akademik Lomonosov, the world's only "floating" nuclear power plant (FNPP), built by Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, was started and brought to 10S% of its capacity.
“We successfully conducted tests in accordance with the schedule. There is no doubt that by next autumn we will tow Akademik Lomonosov to Pevek, Russia just as planned. The floating nuclear power plant is an ideal solution to supply power to remote areas. We consider this project as a new product, which is of interest not only for the grid-isolated Russian Arctic regions, but also for a number of countries around the world,” CEO of Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation Mr. Alexey Likhachev said. “Thus, today we are demonstrating to potential partners referential technologies in the...