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Chernobyl at Sea? Russia Plans Floating Nuclear Plant NewsMax.com WiresMOSCOW (UPI) – Russian Atomic Energy Minister Yevgeny Adamov said Tuesday that Russia planned to build its first floating nuclear power plant, the official Itar-Tass news agency reported. According to the preliminary financial estimate, Russia would spend $109 million to build the plant. Ministry planners hope to significantly reduce other costs by having the plant's staff live on the sea coast instead of on the floating platform. The facility would be installed on a barge moored at a dock in the port of Severodvinsk in northwest Russia. It would be built by Severodvinsk's machinery-making giant Severnoye enterprise and the Afrikantov mechanical engineering design bureau from Nizhny Novgorod would be the plant's chief designer. The plant's designed capacity is expected to reach 50 megawatts and will be used primarily to supply power to Severnoye, one of the biggest electricity consumers in the region. In addition to building nuclear power plants, Severnoye also specializes in building nuclear submarines, some of which are part of Russia's Northern Fleet. Officials from the Atomic Energy Ministry claim that the original idea of receiving power from the nuclear submarines' reactors hasn't proven feasible as submarine reactors are designed to supply power to the vessel only. Copyright 2001 by United Press International. All rights reserved.
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