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Saturday, October 2, 2021

CONTEXT: Akademik Lomonosov—Russia's Floating Nuclear Power Plant

Here is more about the Akademik Lomonosov, which went into service on May 22nd, 2020, delivering 70 megawatts (electric) from two KLT-40S naval propulsion reactors to the arctic community of Pevek in the Russian far east. Sixty megawatts of waste heat from the power plant is used in a community heating system, and a desalination plant provides fresh water to the town.

Posted at October 2, 2021 11:46