Name of Project
Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear heat and power plant (FNHPP) project.
Location
Russia.
Client
Rosenergoatom.
Project Description
The project entails the construction of the first FNHPP – Akademik Lomonosov – with a capacity of more than 70 MW.
The plant will begin its operation in the most northern part of Russia, but can be operated anywhere in the world.
The FNHPP is a mobile power unit, providing energy generation where and when it is needed.
Its construction is based on Rosatom’s icebreaker power units that operate in the Arctic, but unlike them, the unit is not self-propelled and has to be hauled on water to its destination point.
The FNHPP is then connected to on-shore infrastructure to provide settlements with electricity and heat.
The FNHPP is designed to supply power to port cities, major industrial enterprises and offshore complexes producing oil and gas.
The nuclear thermal power plant comprises two reactor units.
The floating power unit (FPU) is a nonself-propelled rack-type vessel with a double bottom and sides, as well as superstructure.
The unit is designed to work long distances from populated settlements if necessary.
A central energy compartment, with two KLT-40 reactor units, and a compartment for reloading and storing spent fuel, is located in the FPU.
In the bow there are engine rooms and several switchgear power conversion rooms. There are stern rooms for emergency diesel generators, backup diesel generators and living quarters.
The FPU hull is built as a pontoon, with pointed nose and tip, and a transom stern.
The FNHPP includes the FPU, hydraulic utilities and on-shore area.
Hydraulic utilities include a pier berth, protecting the FPU from external influences; mooring posts, providing reliable fastening of the FPU; and a connecting pier, facilitating the transfer of thermal and electrical power, as well as communications, to the shore.
The on-shore area will include a transformer station and switchgear; process buildings and facilities, with a central heat distribution station, as well as equipment to prepare and transfer the thermal energy to consumers; an office building; buildings and facilities to ensure complex physical protection; and utilities going from the FNHPP to the shore.
The FPU also includes accommodation for 70 people, a dining room, a lounge, a conference room, an information centre, a library, a smoking room, a sports complex, a lounge with a bar, a hairdresser and a shop, as well as a laundry and everyday services room.
Jobs to be Created
Currently, 31 people (10.2% of the total staff count) have been hired for the FNHPP. In 2017, the company plans to extend the team up to 77 people (25.3% of the whole staff).
Value
Not stated.
Duration
The FNHPP will enter operation in 2019, in the City of Pevek, in Chukotka.
Latest Developments
The first sheet pile for the on-shore coastal infrastructure for the FNHPP was driven into the foundation on October 4.
Meanwhile, Akademik Lomonosov is undergoing trails at the Baltic shipyard. These trials are expected to be completed in late October 2017. The FNHPP should be ready to be transported to Pevek later that year.
Installation of the plant is expected to start in September 2019, followed by trials and operational launch.
Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.
On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.
Contact Details for Project Information
Rosenergoatom, tel +7 495 647 4189.