The 21,000-ton Akademik Lomonosov is being sent to remote Siberian to provide power for local oil platforms.
will provide energy to isolated communities without needing to construct a permanent power plant on ground that remains frozen year-round. Rosatom plans toBut environmental groups have branded the reactor"Chernobyl on ice" and a"nuclear," warning that accidents could occur due to collisions with other vessels or storms, irradiating the Arctic environment.
Rashid Alimov—the head of the energy sector of Greenpeace Russia—told AFP the inherent risks associated with any nuclear reactor are multiplied by the fact that the 472-footis additionally vulnerable to storms," he explained.
The 21,000-ton reactor's trip is due to last for between four and six weeks. This will depend on the weather conditions during the voyage and the amount of ice it has to travel through to reach Pevek, a 5,000-person town in the Siberian region of Chukotka. The Akademik Lomonosov is set to replace an existing local nuclear and coal plant, which has already been closed. It will mostly be responsible for providing power to regional oil platforms as Moscow seeks to increase hydrocarbon extraction in the Arctic region.at a military testing site earlier this month, believed to have been related to a nuclear-powered cruise missile.
The Akademik Lomonosov is pictured being towed to Atomflot moorage of the Russian northern port city of Murmansk on May 19, 2018.
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