AKADEMIK LOMONOSOV
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2025 5:36 pm
Akademik Lomonosov is an autonomous power facility, manufactured as a non-self-propelled vessel. It is 140m long, 30m wide and 10m high. It has a draught of 5.56m. Its displacement is 21,500t and it has a crew of 70.
The floating vessel is equipped with a power unit featuring two 35MW KLT-40C nuclear reactors, which can produce 70MW of electricity or 300MW of heat, as well as two steam-driven turbine units. It can also be converted into a desalination plant with a capacity to produce 240,000m³ of fresh water a day.
The project features offshore and onshore facilities to transfer the energy and power generated from the plant.
The energy and heat generated by the offshore units are transmitted onshore, while the onshore facilities further transfer the heat and power to the grid. The project is estimated to save 200,000t of coal and 100,000t of fuel oil a year.
The offshore vessel accommodates the reactors, steam turbine plants and storage facilities that house fresh and nuclear fuel assemblies, as well as solid and liquid radioactive waste.
The plant will undergo servicing and maintenance at the Baltic shipyard every 12 years. It will be refuelled every three years.
The plant will undergo servicing and maintenance at the Baltic shipyard every 12 years. It will be refuelled every three years.
Powertechnology.com
The floating vessel is equipped with a power unit featuring two 35MW KLT-40C nuclear reactors, which can produce 70MW of electricity or 300MW of heat, as well as two steam-driven turbine units. It can also be converted into a desalination plant with a capacity to produce 240,000m³ of fresh water a day.
The project features offshore and onshore facilities to transfer the energy and power generated from the plant.
The energy and heat generated by the offshore units are transmitted onshore, while the onshore facilities further transfer the heat and power to the grid. The project is estimated to save 200,000t of coal and 100,000t of fuel oil a year.
The offshore vessel accommodates the reactors, steam turbine plants and storage facilities that house fresh and nuclear fuel assemblies, as well as solid and liquid radioactive waste.
The plant will undergo servicing and maintenance at the Baltic shipyard every 12 years. It will be refuelled every three years.
The plant will undergo servicing and maintenance at the Baltic shipyard every 12 years. It will be refuelled every three years.
Powertechnology.com