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Akademik Lomonosov

Coordinates: 69°42′00″N 170°19′00″E / 69.7°N 170.316667°E / 69.7; 170.316667
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This article is about a Russian floating nuclear power station. For the Russian academician, see Mikhail Lomonosov.
Akademik Lomonosov being transported from Murmansk (23 August 2019)
History
NameAkademik Lomonosov
NamesakeMikhail Lomonosov
OwnerRosatom
Port of registry2019 onwards: Saint Petersburg,  Russia
Builder
Cost6 billion rubles
Yard number05710
Laid down15 April 2007
Launched30 June 2010[1]
Completed2018
Acquired4 July 2019
In service19 December 2019
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class and typenuclear powership (barge)
Displacement21,500 tonnes
Length144.4 m (474 ft)
Beam30 m (98 ft)
Height10 m (33 ft)
Draft5.6 m (18 ft)
Crew69
Notes2 modified KLT-40S nuclear reactors (Icebreaker type) producing 35x2 MW electric or 150x2 MW thermal

Akademik Lomonosov (Russian: Академик Ломоносов) is a non-self-propelled power barge that operates as the first Russian floating nuclear power station. The ship was named after Academician Mikhail Lomonosov.

History

The keel of Akademik Lomonosov was laid on 15 April 2007.[2] Construction started at the Sevmash Submarine-Building Plant in Severodvinsk. It cost 6 billion rubles ($232 million).[3] The celebrations were attended by the first deputy prime minister of Russia, Sergei Ivanov, and by the head of Rosatom, Sergei Kiriyenko.[4] Originally, Akademik Lomonosov was supposed to supply power to Severodvinsk town and Sevmash itself. However, in August 2008, the Russian government approved the transfer of work from Sevmash to the Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg.[5]

The first reactor was delivered in May and the second one in August 2009.[2] Akademik Lomonosov was launched on 30 June 2010.[6] Akademik Lomonosov is deployed at Pevek, in the Chukotka region in Russia's Far East.[2] It was expected to be delivered in 2019, and was planned to come online as the nearby Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.[7] On 28 April 2018, it left St. Petersburg under tow for Murmansk, where it received nuclear fuel for the first time. On 17 May 2018, it arrived at Murmansk.[8] The Akademik Lomonosov power station was officially handed over to the Russian state nuclear power company on 4 July 2019.[9]

The towing operation began on 23 August 2019.[10] On 9 September 2019, it arrived at its permanent location in the Chukotka region.[11][12] It started operation on 19 December 2019.[13]

Description

Akademik Lomonosov has a length of 144 metres (472 ft) and width of 30 metres (98 ft). It has a displacement of 21,500 tonnes and a crew of 69 people.[14] For the power generation, it has two modified KLT-40 naval propulsion reactors together providing up to 70 MW of electricity or 300 MW of heat. Reactors were designed by OKBM Afrikantov and assembled by Nizhniy Novgorod Research and Development Institute Atomenergoproekt (both part of Atomenergoprom). The reactor vessels were produced by Izhorskiye Zavody.[2] The turbo-generators were supplied by Kaluga Turbine Plant.[5]

It is the world’s northernmost nuclear power plant.[15]

Criticism

Akademik Lomonosov has come under widespread criticism from environmental groups such as Greenpeace and the Bellona Foundation. Greenpeace criticized the project as one that may cause harm to a "fragile environment which is already under enormous pressure from climate change", as well as calling it a "nuclear Titanic" and a "Chernobyl on Ice".[16] The Bellona Foundation had written an entire report of its criticism of the floating nuclear power plant.[17][18]

In response, Rosatom affirmed that precautions have been taken to prevent nuclear disaster and that the floating plant meets all the requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Baltiysky Shipyard launches the Akademik Lomonosov, part of nuclear powered plant". Portnews. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d "Reactors ready for floating plant". World Nuclear News. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Russia relocates construction of floating power plant".
  4. ^ Kukushkin, Mikhail (16 April 2007). "Плавучие АЭС готовят к экспорту" [Floating NPS are ready for export] (in Russian). Vremya Novostey. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
  5. ^ a b "Russia relocates construction of floating power plant". World Nuclear News. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
  6. ^ Stolyarova, Galina (1 July 2010). "Nuclear Power Vessel Launched". The St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Work starts on on-shore infrastructure for Russian floating plant". World Nuclear News. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Floating plant arrives at Murmansk for fueling". World Nuclear News. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  9. ^ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/07/04/floating-nuclear-power-plant-will-be-key-element-on-northern-sea-route-a66285
  10. ^ "Russia's controversial floating nuclear plant sets sail for the Arctic". Global News. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Russia's first sea-borne nuclear power plant arrives to its base". Reuters. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  12. ^ «Академик Ломоносов» досрочно прибыл на место работы на Чукотке // Sputnik
  13. ^ "Russia connects floating plant to grid". World Nuclear News. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Two floating nuclear plants for Chukotka". World Nuclear News. 5 April 2007. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
  15. ^ Плавучая атомная теплоэлектростанция выдала первую электроэнергию в сеть Чукотки
  16. ^ "World's first floating nuclear power plant bound for the Arctic, warns Greenpeace". Greenpeace International. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Rosatom says it's hitting schedule targets in prepping its floating nuclear plant - Bellona.org". Bellona.org. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  18. ^ "Russia's floating 'nuclear Titanic' sets sail on first controversial voyage". The Independent. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  19. ^ "The Nuclear Power Plant of the Future May Be Floating Near Russia". Retrieved 4 September 2018.

69°42′00″N 170°19′00″E / 69.7°N 170.316667°E / 69.7; 170.316667

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