Russia launches world´s first floating nuclear power station as part of its plan to develop ...
(WorldNews France)

To meet its growing electricity needs in its drive to develop oil resources in remote Arctic regions, Russia has built a floating nuclear power station, a project that detractors deride as a “Chernobyl on ice�. Built in Saint Petersburg, the Akademik Lomonosov is currently moored in Murmansk where it is being loaded with nuclear fuel before heading to eastern Siberia. On Saturday, head of state nuclear power firm Rosatom unveiled the brown-and-mustard-painted facility in the city......