Successfully commissioned the world's first floating nuclear power plant

Tests of the world's first floating nuclear power plant (NPP) Russia's Akademik Lomonosov ended successfully in Russia.

The April 24 announcement of Rosatom Nuclear Group said Rosenergoatom, the operating unit of the aforementioned Akademik Lomonosov nuclear power plant , confirmed the successful test run was a great achievement for Rosatom. In recent months, all necessary testing for NPP systems and equipment has been carried out at increasing levels of capacity in accordance with the plan.

Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear power plant in Murmansk city, northern Russia, on May 19, 2018.(Photo: AFP / VNA).

Comprehensive testing of the Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear power plant was started at the end of November 2018. The main task of this technology operation is to ensure that the floating block is fully ready to operate at an industrial level.

The power plant is designed as part of a floating nuclear power plant (FNPP) , which is a new class of energy resources based on Russian nuclear shipbuilding technology. The plant will operate in the Far East and Far East, the main purpose is to provide electricity to businesses and industrial parks located in remote locations, port cities as well as offshore oil and gas rigs. .

Akademik Lomonosov Floating Nuclear Power Plant, named after Academician Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov, is an independent generator, produced as a ship with a length of 140m, width of 30m and height of 10m. The displacement load is 21.5 tons with 70 crew.

The plant is equipped with a generator set consisting of two nuclear reactors and two steam turbines and storage areas to store clean nuclear fuel as well as solid and liquid radioactive wastes. Akademik Lomonosov can also be used as a desalination plant with a capacity of 240,000 ^m3 of fresh water / day.

Akademik Lomonosov is expected to provide enough electricity for about 200,000 people, saving 200,000 tons of coal and 100,000 tons of fuel each year. The estimated operating time is about 40 years.

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