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Russia Launches Floating Nuclear Power Plant

Posted July 02, 2010 10:15 AM

From IEEE Spectrum:

Russian nuclear engineering group Rosatom launched the world's first floating nuclear power plant Wednesday, according to The Voice of Russia. Photos show the Akademik Lomonosov, a 21,500-ton barge equipped with twin 35-megawatt light-water reactors, slipping into the water at St. Petersburg's Baltic Shipyard.

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07/03/2010 8:32 AM

After the Chernobyl disaster that left us red forests the russians are now trying to give us bigger red tides!

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07/04/2010 4:48 PM

A very interesting idea. Essentially a turn key mobile nuclear power plant that can be built and shipped anywhere in the world. It could open a new worldwide market. Ecologically, it is risky, but the U.S. may pick up on this idea so as not to be left out of a potentially lucrative business.

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