Current Affairs - International - Discussion

Russia unveiled the world's first floating nuclear power station at a ceremony in the port of the city of Murmansk where it will be loaded with nuclear fuel before heading to eastern Siberia. It will be primarily used to power oil rigs & supply electricity and heat to the most remote regions, supporting also growth and sustainable development. This is called Akademik Lomonosovwas built by Rosatom in Saint Petersburg. It is a 144 by 30 metre (472 by 98 foot) ship holds two reactors with two 35 megawatt nuclear reactors. It is a 21,000-tonne barge that will produce enough electricity to power a town of 200,000 residents, far more than the 5,000 live in Pevek, Russia.