by Marina KHALIZEVA, journalist Early in 2013 one of the key stages in the construction of the first in the world offshore nuclear thermal electric power station (ONTEPS) Academician Lomonosov was completed in St. Petersburg. The specialists of the Baltiysky zavod--Shipbuilding company in the presence of the customer Rosenergoatom concern as a part of the Rosatom state corporation installed two 300 ton tanks of metal-water protection acting as a reactor base, biological barrier and cooling loop. The reference model is designed to open perspectives for radical modernization of energy infrastructure in remote regions of our country, reduce volumes of northern deliveries and provide exploitation of mineral resources in the regions of the Far North and on the shelf of Arctic seas. Model of the first in the world offshore thermal electric power station. стр. 59 Academician Lomonosov is a representative of a new class of mobile power plants. Our atomic industry was engaged in their creation for all past years. ONTEPS was born on the basis of experience and knowledge accumulated by several generations of scientists and engineers who created nuclear plants for combat and civil vessels. Up until the 1990s our industry produced 12 power blocks for ships annually. The long intensive running in harsh conditions of ocean cruises and ice navigation proved their power supply reliability and a high level of safety. These considerations were overriding during creation of ONTEPS, a nonself-propulsion vessel with two reactors KLT-40C of 70 MW total electric output and a maximum thermal capacity of 146 Gcal/h. Just like a ship, a power plant is created at the shipbuilding yard and, after full-scale tests, commissioned on a "turnkey" basis. Then the customer delivers by sea the ready for operation power plant to the place of designation. The recipient has only to erect additional coastal and hydraulic structures ensuring installation of this floating b ... Читать далее