Russia is operating the Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear plant, mounted on an engineless barge 144 m long and weighing about 21,000 tonnes, at Pevek in Chukotka since 2020. The 70 MW unit has generated over 1.2 billion kWh, raised its share of the local grid above 60% and avoided more than 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, according to Rosatom. Four further floating plants, each with two RITM-200S reactors expected to reach 106 MW, are under construction to power the Baimskaya copper deposit in the Arctic, with three units operating and one kept as backup. The plants are expected to reach the Arctic before 2031.
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