Russia Water-moving nuclear power plant leaves port Concerns about marine pollution August 24, 15:07
Russia's first nuclear power plant that moves on the water and supplies power to depopulated areas has left the Arctic Circle, and environmental protection groups are also worried that it will lead to sea pollution.
Academic Lomonosov, a nuclear power generation facility first developed by Russian state-owned nuclear company Ross Atom, is 144 meters long and 30 meters wide, is equipped with two small nuclear reactors, and is towed by a tug boat and freely above the water. Can be moved to.
The nuclear power facility has completed a series of operations such as loading of nuclear fuel, and on the 23rd, it will depart from Northern Murmansk to Pebek, a town in the Chukot Autonomous Region that faces the Arctic Ocean.
This facility has the merit of supplying power to a depopulated area with an extremely small population. On the other hand, international environmental protection organizations have released radioactive materials in the event of a tsunami or terrorism, leading to ocean pollution. Concerns have also been raised.
President Ivanov, the representative in charge of environmental issues, explained that he had taken sufficient safety measures, and said, “The development of mineral resources and other industries has been developed and the old nuclear power plants and thermal power plants have been shut down. "Is also connected," stressing the need.