Name of Project
Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear heat and power plant (FNHPP) project.

Location
Russia.

Project Owner/s
Rosenergoatom.

Project Description
The project entails the construction of the first floating nuclear heat and power plant – Akademik Lomonosov – with a capacity of more than 70 MW. The facility is 144 m long, 30 m wide and has a displacement of 21 000 t.

The plant will begin its operation in the most northern part of Russia, but can be operated anywhere in the world.

The floating nuclear heat and power plant is a mobile power unit, providing energy generation where and when 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.

The floating nuclear heat and power plant is then connected to onshore infrastructure to provide settlements with electricity and heat. It 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 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, are located in the floating power unit.

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 floating power unit hull is built as a pontoon, with pointed nose and tip, and a transom stern.

The floating nuclear heat and power plant includes the floating power unit, hydraulic utilities and onshore area.

The hydraulic utilities include a pier berth, protecting the floating power unit from external influences; mooring posts, providing reliable fastening of the floating power unit; and a connecting pier, facilitating the transfer of thermal and electrical power, as well as communications, to the shore.

The onshore 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 floating nuclear heat and power plant to the shore.

The floating power unit 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.

Potential Job Creation
Currently, 31 people (10.2% of the total staff count) have been hired for the floating nuclear heat and power plant. In 2017, the company planned to extend the team up to 77 people (25.3% of the staff complement).

Capital Expenditure
The total cost of the Pevek installation will not be disclosed until the project is complete.

Planned Start/End Date
The floating nuclear heat and power plant will enter operation in 2019, in the City of Pevek, in Chukotka.

Latest Developments
The Akademik Lomonosov has arrived at the port of its permanent location in Pevek, Chukotka, in the far east of Russia, where it is being docked to start operations by the end of this year. Once commissioned, it will become the world’s first operational nuclear power plant based on small modular reactor technology and a working prototype for reliable source of low-carbon energy supply in remote areas. 

“It’s maybe one small step for sustainable development in the Arctic, but it’s a giant leap for the decarbonisation of remote off-grid areas, and a watershed in the development of small modular nuclear power plants in the world,” Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev has said. 

The project has been welcomed by scientists, nuclear energy experts and environmentalists worldwide.
  
Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Rosenergoatom, tel +7 495 647 4189.