A group of American engineers proposed bringing nuclear power generating facilities out to sea, to secure them from earthquakes and tsunamis, and prevent a possible meltdown threat by submerging a reactor’s active zone.
The idea of constructing sea-based nuclear power facilities is
definitely not new yet only one country has so far managed to
bring such a project to reality. Russia is in the process of finalizing construction of a 70
megawatt floating nuclear co-generation plant named ‘Akademik
Lomonosov’, after a famous Russian scientist of the 18th century. The project implies construction of a series, probably seven, of
vessel-mounted, non-self-propelled autonomous power facilities. Launched in 2010 by state-owned Rosatom nuclear energy
corporation, the project is now in the final stage of
construction at the Baltic shipyard in St. Petersburg.
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