Posted on 11/06/2021 8:30:44 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Russia is now experimenting with the use of nuclear-warmed water that is being pumped from a floating reactor into people's homes in a remote Siberian town.
Developed by Russian state nuclear company Rosatom, it makes use of heat that's vented as steam through the cooling towers of the barge's nuclear fission plants, which would otherwise be wasted.
As well as homes in Pevek, the town’s community steam bath will also be nuclear-powered. It could even be used to warm greenhouses or provide heat for industrial purposes, too.
Pevek residents cannot opt out of getting nuclear-powered heat, even if they have safety concerns. One resident, when asked about the risk of a radiation leak or explosion, said 'we try not to think about it'.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Soviets doing Soviet things again I see. In Soviet Russia radiation gets you!!!
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