Russian floating nuclear power plant

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Model of the Russian project

Russian floating nuclear power plants ( Russian плавучая атомная теплоэлектростанция малой мощности, ПАТЭС ММ , German literal translation "floating nuclear plant with low power" ) are of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency of Russia planned independent nuclear power plants with comparatively low capacity on a floating platform. The systems have been designed for series production in shipyards . After completion, the power plants will be towed to destinations in coastal waters near cities or industrial plants. One of the first implemented projects is the Akademik Lomonossow , which was brought to Murmansk by a tractor in May 2018 .

Details

It is a concept of decentralized energy supply through nuclear power plants. In addition to generating electricity and heat, the system will also be used for seawater desalination if required . 240,000 m³ of fresh water can then be generated per day. The non-self-propelled platform is 144 meters long, 30 meters wide and weighs 21,500  tons .

Furnishing

The plant is equipped with two nuclear reactors of the type KLT-40 equipped, also in Russian nuclear icebreakers of the Taimyr class and the Russian freighter Sevmorput are in use. Each reactor of the KLT-40S version delivers an electrical output of 35 MW gross, 32 MW net  . The thermal output of the reactors should be 150 MW. The systems are designed for a term of 40 years. The reactors only need to be equipped with new fuel assemblies after 12-15 years . It is planned to haul the entire power plant to the shipyard that built the platform for the fuel element replacement.

development

A first prototype, the Akademik Lomonossow nuclear power plant , was built in Saint Petersburg . Commissioning is planned for 2019 [obsolete] .

According to a press release from the Russian testing and approval authority Glawgosekspertisa , the operating license for the Lomonossow Academy was issued at the beginning of 2018 . At the end of April 2018, the Akademik Lomonosov was towed from its St. Petersburg dock : the world's first floating nuclear power plant was pulled across the Baltic and North Sea and the North Atlantic to Murmansk beyond the Arctic Circle . Most of the Russian Northern Fleet are located there , including most of the Russian nuclear submarines . The nuclear reactors are to be equipped with nuclear fuel elements there. After arriving in Murmansk, the state-owned company Rosatom held a ceremony on May 19, 2018. It said: “Now we have the first reference project for a mobile atomic energy source. We expect a very high demand for the next few years. ”Some island states had already expressed their interest in the summer of 2018.

The project has been heavily criticized by environmentalists like Greenpeace because of the risks it poses to the oceans .

Seven more plants are planned: Five of them are on offshore - oil rigs on the peninsula Kola and Yamal for Gazprom are used. Further systems are to supply cities in the Far East and Siberia with electricity and heat. Another plant has already been ordered for Pewek on the Chukotka Peninsula, and another for the Kamchatka region .

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