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Russia first
Russia was the first to utilize modular reactors. Akademik Lomonosov is the world’s first floating nuclear power plant and has operated since May 2020. The power plant produces energy from two 35 MW(e) modules.
However, shipping nuclear fuel to Russia’s floating nuclear power plant is not without controversy or risk.
Recently, HNN reported that Russia sent nuclear fuel via the Arctic on ships with a history of safety violations.
More will follow
Currently, only Russia and China have this type of nuclear reactor in operation. Russia’s is located at Pevek in the East Siberian Sea, and China’s Linglong One is located in the Chinese province of Hainan in the South China Sea and was completed this summer.
Argentina, Russia, and China have several reactors under construction, while Russia, the USA, Canada, South Korea, Denmark, Great Britain, and Sweden have modular nuclear reactors of several types under development.
High North News will follow the debates about nuclear power in the Arctic. Feel free to send your opinion to hinn@nord.no.
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