A Russian arctic region accepts the installationt
A Russian arctic region accepts the installation of a floating nuclear power plant.
Moscow, Aug 25 .- The inhabitants of Pevek, Russian town located in the arctic region of Chukota, have approved the installation of the first floating plant in the world after ruling that threatens the environment of the area.
The authorities of the municipality to which it belongs Pevek Chaunski convened a public debate, also participated in the officials, MPs and activists, which accepted the proposal, according, sto credits, to the official RIA-Novosti agency.
Local authorities had organized an exhibition in the city library on the project to inform local residents about the ecological impact of the plant.
In July a group of geophysicists and oceanographers began to explore and drill the soil strata along the coast and seabed will be placed where the plant and adjacent facilities.
In Pevek also, tera gold, will be necessary to build an electricity transmission station and thermal energy, and other hydraulic engineering to link the plant with the centers of population and industries in the region.
The floating center, which will be equipped with two KLT-40C reactor, being built in Severodvinsk shipyard on the banks of the White Sea.
Russia has, fallen earth chips, announced that floating nuclear plants used to supply with electric power and heat to the northern regions washed by the Arctic Ocean, which will save coal and oil.
The Government maintains that these floating plants not only satisfy the population's energy needs and improve their quality of life, but that guarantee the protection of the environment by not cause pollution.
Russia had planned launch in 2010 the first floating nuclear plant in the world, "Akademik Lomonosov" of 144.2 meters long, 30 meters wide and equipped with two nuclear reactors to power icebreakers used before, with a capacity of 70 megawatts.
Russian floating plants use low enriched uranium (5 percent) and generate the same amount of electricity that a nuclear power station land.
In addition, Russian authorities maintain that these stations will allow electricity supply "on demand" at any corner of the globe and prepare to transfer the technology.
Russia exported in a future deck nuclear plants floating small, with an output of 3 megawatts and cost 20 million dollars.
However, Greenpeace has warned that these plants could become a prime target for international terrorists.
Several countries have shown interest in acquiring atomic Russian nuclear plants, including China, South Korea, Japan, India, Brazil, Chile, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.