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First Floating Nuclear Reactor - Russia

August 25 , 2019 1922 days 904 0
  • Russia has launched the world’s first floating nuclear reactor, the Akademik Lomonosov.
  • It is on a 5,000 km journey between port of Murmansk and Pevek in Siberia.
  • When it arrives in Pevek, it will ‘replace’ a local nuclear plant and a closed coal power plant.
  • Power produced from the plant will be used by Russia in the exploitation of hydrocarbons in the Arctic.
  • Environmental groups have long warned of the dangers of the project, dubbing it a potential "Chernobyl on ice" and a "nuclear Titanic."

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