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Rosatom started planning floating nuclear power plants in 2000 and in 2019, the Akademik Lomonosov 1 and 2 [0] entered service, producing 35 MW (150 MW thermal)
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Rosatom started planning floating nuclear power plants in 2000 and in 2019, the Akademik Lomonosov 1 and 2 [0] entered service, producing 35 MW (150 MW thermal) each. Other than the RBMK technology used in Chernobyl, Rosatom built a PWR (pressurized water reactor).
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akademik_Lomonosov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akademik_Lomonosov
- acidburnNSA 4y agoYeah that is the most real manifestation of this kind of concept in modern days. The Russians have built and operated dozens of PWRs for terrestrial commercial applications in the past few decades as well (the VVER). The RBMK has been retired as a design since 1960 or so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VVER https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VVER