Floating nuclear power plant near destination in Russian eastern Arctic
Final preparations in Pevek, the remote Arctic town that will host the floating nuclear installation. The Akademik Lomonosov on the
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Floating nuclear power plant leaves Murmansk for Russia’s eastern Arctic
Tugs start towing floating nuclear power plant across the Northern Sea Route from Murmansk to Chukotka in what is just
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Russia’s floating nuclear power plant worries Alaskans
Russia has produced the world’s first floating nuclear power plant. A barge mounted with nuclear reactors is expected to begin
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Russia’s floating nuclear power plant gathers worldwide attention as it prepares to be towed in Arctic waters
Russia’s controversial nuclear barge is ready to travel through the Arctic seas — and observers across the globe are watching.
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Russia’s floating nuclear power plant gets 10-year operating license, new paint job
The Akademik Lomonosov will be towed from Murmansk to Pevek, in Russia’s eastern Arctic, in August when the sea ice
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Arctic Russia: Floating nuclear plant’s reactors tested at full capacity
Akademik Lomonosov will be towed from Murmansk to Russia’s Arctic port of Pevek this summer and connected to the grid
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Floating nuclear power plant bringing economic revival to Arctic Russian town
One of Russia’s remotest spots is seeing hectic construction of new housing, parks and local infrastructure. The town located on
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First reactor started at Russia’s floating nuclear power plant
After an initial neutron flux, the reactor reached its minimum controlled level of chain reaction and produced power Friday evening.
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Nuclear fuel loaded on Russia’s floating power plant in Murmansk
Reactor testing starts later in October or in November. On October 2nd, the last fuel elements were loaded into the
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Record heatwave in the Arctic
The people of Pevek, the small town on Russia’s east Arctic coast, could scent a smell of spring as they
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Russian floating nuclear power plant to be towed through Arctic ice
The world’s first ever installation of its kind will be towed several thousand kilometers through Arctic ice before it reaches
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Ice-locked ships start moving after 5 months of captivity in Russian Arctic
With the break-up of ice in the Russian east Arctic comes freedom for three ships and their crews. The icebreaker
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Floating nuclear power plant should not be fueled with uranium in St. Petersburg, environmentalists say
Political party Yabloko demands that the soon-to-be operation is conducted in safe distance from the city center. In a public
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100 sailors trapped in ice near Russian Arctic outpost
The historic convoy to Pevek did not have a lucky outcome. Three vessels, among them an icebreaker, might not get
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Record-breaking Arctic convoy almost stuck in ice
A second icebreaker had to come to assistance as two vessels loaded with ten thousand tons of goods were making
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