Russia launches the world’s first floating nuclear power plant

Construction on the ship began way back in 2007, and it reportedly cost $232 million to build. The state-run company that owns it, Rosatom, originally planned to load the reactor with nuclear fuel at St. Petersberg, then send the ship directly to Pevek. But Greenpeace and several Baltic states mounted a successful petition, so the …

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