The “Academician Lomonosov” floating nuclear power plant in the city of Pevek is still the only nuclear power plant of its type in the world, so the media naturally pays more attention to the changes taking place there. In particular, the press service of Rosatom’s fuel sector report Supply a new batch of nuclear fuel to the floating nuclear power plant.
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As mentioned before, in shipboard nuclear reactors, the fuel is completely replaced (reloaded) every few years. The first Academician Lomonosov reactor was replaced for the first time in 2023, and the second time in 2024. Now it’s time for the second planning overload.
Let’s recall that the Academician Lomonosov floating nuclear power plant project is considered successful and effective, and Rosatom plans to gradually put it into operation There are four more The purpose of such floating nuclear power plants is to provide energy to remote cities and rotational camps that cannot be provided through other means and means.
