those innovative russians

Got to hand it to them Russians, when it comes to Innovation of new Ideas, they always rarely disappoint. And there's no doubt the Chinese will perfect this further.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=382



Popular Science reports that two Russian companies plan to build the world's first floating nuclear power plant to deliver cheap electricity to northern territories. The construction should start next year for a deployment in 2010. The huge barge will be home for two 60-megawatt nuclear reactors which will work until 2050… if everything works fine. It looks like a frightening idea, don't you think?

The Russian nuclear-energy company Rosenergoatom is planning a mobile plant to deliver electricity to hard-to-reach northern territories near the White Sea, where harsh weather makes regular coal and oil fuel deliveries unreliable and expensive. The $200-million floating plant — slated for construction next year — could provide relatively inexpensive, reliable electricity to 200,000 people.

The Russian plan is to mount two reactors on a football-field-size barge, float it to a port, connect power lines to the mainland, and turn on the reactors, providing communities with affordable electricity.

The plant will store waste and spent fuel in an on board facility that workers will empty every 10 to 12 years during regular maintenance overhauls. After 40 years, the normal life span for a nuclear plant, the decommissioned plant would be towed away and replaced with a new one.



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