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World’s First Floating Nuclear Power Plant Under Construction

by BBelew57 on April 16th, 2007

I don't venture in to Russia all that often here at PanAsianBiz, though I would like to and feel that the many years I had contact with the country gives me some perspective.

However, this bit of news struck me as quite interesting.

Russia has started building its first floating nuclear power plant.

For a cost of $300 million a nuclear power plant will be built aboard a barge where two reactors will be operated by less than 60 people.

Uh…if they put airplanes on it it could be an nuclear power aircraft carrier or if it could submerge then a nuclear powered submarine.

"The Russian nuclear energy agency Rosatom and the military shipbuilding company Sevmash signed on Sunday an agreement to produce six floating plants."

The first destination is the north and far east of Russia = Siberia.

I wonder, if a nuclear powered military vehicle were parked nearby, could they be plugged into to supply energy needs?

And what if this thing were to melt down….I guess it would just sink.

Good/bad idea?

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