Russia on Friday launched the world’s first floating nuclear power plant. The huge 144-metre long tsunami-proof vessel, named the Akademik Lomonosov, after the 18th-century Russian scientist, is currently being towed 6,000 kilometres to the remote Siberian region of Chukotka, about 86 kilometres from the US state of Alaska.



Once docked, the 21,000-tonne barge will replace a coal-burning power plant and an ageing land-based nuclear plant, and supply about 50,000 people in the area with electricity, according to Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom.

ROSATOM in currently in talks with potential customers for the floating power unit. The company sees significant market potential in Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.

The vessel’s reactors can generate 70 megawatts of electric energy and 50 gigacalories an hour of heat energy. This is enough to power a city of up to 100,00 people for 40 good years non-stop, according to ROSATOM.



The vessel, the size of two football pitches joined together, also boasts a gym, swimming pool and bar to accommodate its 342 staff —— around 80 permanent and the rest on rotating shifts that revolve every six weeks.



The launch of this vessel comes just two weeks after a nuclear-powered engine blew up on a Russian naval test range in the Arctic, killing five nuclear engineers. Greenpeace activists warn this new power plant could become "Chernobyl on Ice" in future.

Do You Want A Bigger Version Of This Vessel To Power Nigeria, A Country That Currently Has A Population Of Over 190 thousand People?

https://autojosh.com/russia-worlds-only-floating-nuclear-power-plant-fitted-with-a-pool-gym-and-bar-can-power-100000-nigerian-homes/

So population of Nigeria is 190000, OK. Whats the unit cost of this plant?

Obinnau:
So population of Nigeria is 190000, OK. Whats the unit cost of this plant?

So, you nor dey sleep.... yahoo man....

When are we going to get things right in this country

@ Op, Nigeria is over 200 million in population not 190 thousand....

Wow

I swear this tin go burn if e enter 9ja

Nuclear no go work for Nigeria. Theives go waka go thief fuel rods for the reactor cause explosion.

100000 people out of 190m population?

When APC goons where trying to take over government they talk so intelligent like travelling to Brazil to see how power is being generated and also implement it here in Nigeria. naija sef

Nuclear wey Pirate go steal or people like Wadume go kidnap am

And I heard Russia is one corrupt country that you even tip to see a doctor.

Our country should take skill, profession and development seriously.

Invest in the youths and skilled, training them in other countries for the betterment of Nigeria.

Nigeria is not ready for this

Abeg make who nah Dey try sleep �

Its just pathetic the kind of system we have that is producing this set of heart less leader's we are having in this Nigeria. When we ought to be in this kind of league competing with innovations but we are here trowing banters on petty issues.
Its as if impossible to have stable electricity in Nigeria but a private University in Ogun has nulify that thought by building one thousand megawatts of electricity on its own, that projection is currently 20% of Nigeria's electricity output. Imagine how huge relief that project will be for Nigeria at large. Yet some people will say stable electricity is not possible in Nigeria.

Let's ask ourselves this question, what role has the public universities played in solving Nigeria's electricity problem in terms of research for stable national development. What solutions has the university communities provided to ensure our refineries are working (mauntainance and building).

Its time we begin to be strictly objective if really we wanna attain positive heights as a Nation.

If Nigeria does this, I can bet that within two year we go dey hear say parts dey miss for the power plant

Wow! Nuclear is d best source of electricity and almost d cheapest arguably.

Sounds risky. Why aren't they deploying it in Russian waters?

ok

Until it blows up...
And we have another Chernobyl!
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But its what universities and research bodies should be competing for and not the numbers of graduate's and first class students produced.

immaculate1234:
Nigeria is not ready for this

70Megawatt? Una try sha

If it's that risky, the neighbouring countries must have made issues out of it especially as it is Russia. I just believed our military can do something similar no matter how small.

CodeTemplar:
Sounds risky. Why aren't they deploying it in Russian waters?

Person just dey suffer for this 9ja anyhow,me go like japaa oo

With this..

Will Russians stay alive forever?

I wish Nigeria could be recolonized

It can power 100000 homes not population.

fistonati:
If it's that risky, the neighbouring countries must have made issues out of it especially as it is Russia. I just believed our military can do something similar no matter how small.

Our military can free Wadume and blast bloody civilians.

Where is Nigeria on news like this?

jonnyjustcome22:
It can power 100000 homes not population.

Not everyone on the internet possess the gift of understanding.

The homes of the elites....