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Russia tests world’s first Floating Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP)
Russian state-run atomic energy corporation Rosatom has successfully tested the world’s first Floating Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) – Akademik Lomonosov. The FNPP has a capacity of 70MW and is equipped with two reactors of 35MW each. It has an operational life span is 40 years, with the possibility of being extended up to 50 years. ..
Topics: Akademik Lomonosov • Bilibino • Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant • Institute of Physics and Power Engineering • Nuclear power stations • Nuclear technology • Rosatom • Russian floating nuclear power station • Science and technology in Russia
The world’s first Floating Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) becomes operational in Russia
On December 11, the world’s first Floating Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) – Akademik Lomonosov – has become operational at the Baltiysky Zavod shipyard in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is constructed by the state nuclear power firm Rosatom. The FNPP has a capacity of 70MW and is equipped with two reactors of 35MW each. According to ..
Topics: Akademik Lomonosov • Baltic Shipyard • Baltiysky • Energy • Institute of Physics and Power Engineering • Nuclear Power • Nuclear power stations • Rosatom • Russian floating nuclear power station • Science and technology in Russia
Russia launches world’s first floating nuclear power station
Russia has launched the world’s first floating nuclear power station ” Akademik Lomonosov ” at a ceremony in the port of the far northern city of Murmansk, where it will be loaded with nuclear fuel before heading to eastern Siberia. The 21,500-tonne ship was named after Academician Mikhail Lomonosov. Akademik Lomonosov, which is constructed by ..
Topics: Akademik • Akademik Lomonosov • Fuel • Lomonosov • Mikhail Lomonosov • Northern (Arctic) Federal University • Nuclear power stations • Rosatom • Russia • Russian floating nuclear power station • Russian scientists • Science and technology in Russia
Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant
Tamil Nadu: What is happening at Kudankulam? Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant is currently under construction in Koodankulam in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. The original agreement was signed between former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev on November 20, 1988. The project remained in suspension for a decade due to political ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Topics: Anti-nuclear protests • Koodankulam • Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant • Nuclear Power in India • Nuclear power stations • Nuclear technology • Rosatom • Tirunelveli • VVER