Akademik Lomonosov
Akademik Lomonosov being transported from Murmansk, August 2019 | |
| History | |
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| Name | Akademik Lomonosov |
| Namesake | Mikhail Lomonosov |
| Owner | Rosatom |
| Port of registry | 2019 onwards: Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Builder |
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| Cost | 37.3 billion rubles (2015) (414 million dollars in 2024) |
| Yard number | 05710 |
| Laid down | 15 April 2007 |
| Launched | 30 June 2010 |
| Completed | 2018 |
| Acquired | 4 July 2019 |
| In service | 22 May 2020 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | nuclear powership (barge) |
| Displacement | 21,500 tonnes |
| Length | 144.4 m (474 ft) |
| Beam | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Height | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Draft | 5.6 m (18 ft) |
| Crew | 69 |
| Notes | 2 modified KLT-40S nuclear reactors (icebreaker type) producing 35x2 MW electric or 150x2 MW thermal |
Akademik Lomonosov (Russian: Академик Ломоносов) is a non-self-propelled power barge that operates as the first Russian floating nuclear power station. The ship was named after academician Mikhail Lomonosov. It is docked in the Pevek harbour, providing heat to the town and supplying electricity to the regional Chaun-Bilibino power system. It is the world’s northernmost nuclear power plant.