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I think Russia just launched a floating 70 megawatt nuclear power plant quite recently https://gizmodo.com/russias-floating-nuclear-power-plant-has-hit-the-sea

I think Russia just launched a floating 70 megawatt nuclear power plant quite recently https://gizmodo.com/russias-floating-nuclear-power-plant-has-hit-the-sea-1825650002 https://gizmodo.com/russias-floating-nuclear-power-plant-has...

petre 8y ago
It's more like what a diesel generator is to a power plant, but it's mobile (has to be towed but transportation is quite cheap). It should get the job done. Sadly only the BRICs (mostly Russia) have small modular reactors in operation or under construction, the rest of them range from conceptual designs to licensing stage. Of those, I liked NuScale's design. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_modular_reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_modular_reactor
lispm 8y ago
I would not want to live near any russian nuclear reactor. Russia's handling of these is extremely poor. Just look at the fate of their nuclear-powered submarines. http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/05/27/russias-navy-more-rust-than-ready/ http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/05/27/russias-nav...
- lowry 8y ago
  Are you hinting at Kursk? It did not even leak for the year it was laying on seabed.
  - lispm 8y ago
    Example: Germany paid more than 550 million Euro and provided expertise&people to help securing rotting nuclear reactors from Russian submarines: https://de.rbth.com/wissen-und-technik/79917-russische-atom-u-boote-murmansk https://de.rbth.com/wissen-und-technik/79917-russische-atom-... If Germany invested that amount of money into Russia, you can bet that it was urgent. Hopefully Russia has shown more care dealing with their Nuclear power plants... https://www.dw.com/de/russland-entsorgung-von-atom-u-booten-beginnt/a-2105430 https://www.dw.com/de/russland-entsorgung-von-atom-u-booten-... http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/lager-fuer-alte-atom-u-boote-deutsche-hilfe-fuer-russlands-strahlendes-erbe-12627451.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_0 http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/lager-fuer-alte-atom-u-bo... All in all the West (!!!) provided many more billions for the safety of those approximately 120-180 (!) nuclear-powered submarines. https://www.zeit.de/2013/07/Russisches-Polarmeer-Atom-U-Boote/komplettansicht https://www.zeit.de/2013/07/Russisches-Polarmeer-Atom-U-Boot... Pictures: https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/A/abruestung-atom-u-boote-anlage-2.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2 https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/A/abruestung-atom... Russia also has submarines buried at the ground in the arctic sea. Like the K-27 in the early 80s. https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/russia-updates-maps-of-radioactive-debris-sunk-in-arctic https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/russia-updates... Sunken objects: > 17,000 containers of radioactive waste; 19 ships containing radioactive waste; 14 nuclear reactors, including five that still contain spent nuclear fuel; the K-27 nuclear submarine with its two reactors loaded with nuclear fuel and 735 other pieces of radioactively contaminated heavy machinery.

petre 8y ago

It's more like what a diesel generator is to a power plant, but it's mobile (has to be towed but transportation is quite cheap). It should get the job done. Sadly only the BRICs (mostly Russia) have small modular reactors in operation or under construction, the rest of them range from conceptual designs to licensing stage. Of those, I liked NuScale's design. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_modular_reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_modular_reactor

lispm 8y ago

I would not want to live near any russian nuclear reactor. Russia's handling of these is extremely poor. Just look at the fate of their nuclear-powered submarines. http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/05/27/russias-navy-more-rust-than-ready/ http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/05/27/russias-nav...

lowry 8y ago
Are you hinting at Kursk? It did not even leak for the year it was laying on seabed.
- lispm 8y ago
  Example: Germany paid more than 550 million Euro and provided expertise&people to help securing rotting nuclear reactors from Russian submarines: https://de.rbth.com/wissen-und-technik/79917-russische-atom-u-boote-murmansk https://de.rbth.com/wissen-und-technik/79917-russische-atom-... If Germany invested that amount of money into Russia, you can bet that it was urgent. Hopefully Russia has shown more care dealing with their Nuclear power plants... https://www.dw.com/de/russland-entsorgung-von-atom-u-booten-beginnt/a-2105430 https://www.dw.com/de/russland-entsorgung-von-atom-u-booten-... http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/lager-fuer-alte-atom-u-boote-deutsche-hilfe-fuer-russlands-strahlendes-erbe-12627451.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_0 http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/lager-fuer-alte-atom-u-bo... All in all the West (!!!) provided many more billions for the safety of those approximately 120-180 (!) nuclear-powered submarines. https://www.zeit.de/2013/07/Russisches-Polarmeer-Atom-U-Boote/komplettansicht https://www.zeit.de/2013/07/Russisches-Polarmeer-Atom-U-Boot... Pictures: https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/A/abruestung-atom-u-boote-anlage-2.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2 https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/A/abruestung-atom... Russia also has submarines buried at the ground in the arctic sea. Like the K-27 in the early 80s. https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/russia-updates-maps-of-radioactive-debris-sunk-in-arctic https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/russia-updates... Sunken objects: > 17,000 containers of radioactive waste; 19 ships containing radioactive waste; 14 nuclear reactors, including five that still contain spent nuclear fuel; the K-27 nuclear submarine with its two reactors loaded with nuclear fuel and 735 other pieces of radioactively contaminated heavy machinery.