Russia’s First Floating Nuclear Power Plant Arrives in the Arctic

gCaptain ^ | May 21, 2018 | Vladimir Soldatkin

[artichokegrower]

Russia’s first-floating nuclear power plant arrived in the Arctic port of Murmansk over the weekend in preparation for its maiden mission, providing electricity to an isolated Russian town across the Bering Strait from Alaska.

[artichokegrower]

green campaigners have expressed concern about the risk of nuclear accidents. Greenpeace has called it the “nuclear Titanic.”

No wind farms for the Ruskies.

[MichaelCorleone]

I somehow don’t think the Russians give a rip what Greenpeace thinks.

[blackdog]

But can we see it from my house? (Sarah Palin being factual)

[Rebelbase]

What could go wrong?

[wally_bert]

The Russians have plenty of AK’s as the eco-wackos would find out if they tried anything dumb.

[Jagermonster]

Cool!

Good to see technological progress!

[1Old Pro]

We need one in ANWR to pump the oil.

[x_plus_one]

A floating nuclear power plant can release a steady stream of toxic, radioactive waste directly into the ocean. What reason does Russia have to safely secure and dispose of generated radioactive waste when they can pitch is into the open ocean 56 miles from Alaska?The Russians have placed it 56 miles upstream from Alaska, upstream from the west coast.

The California Current is a Pacific Ocean current that moves southward along the western coast of North America, beginning off southern British Columbia and ending off southern Baja California Peninsula. It is considered an Eastern boundary current due to the influence of the North American coastline on its course.

It is located right where it needs to be to inundate the west coast with immense amounts of radiation. The entire west coast of north america is already a kill zone due to the Fukushima ongoing contamination.

Why should Russia go to the expense of removing generated nuclear waste. The floating barge will not have waste disposal problems associated with nuclear power plants located on land- the waste will just be deposited in the ocean floor. To this day, nuclear waste is sitting at American reactor sites with no plans to move it.

from 1985:

The relative Importance of the various radionuclides contained 1n nuclear waste has been assessed by consideration of (1) the quantity of each rad1onucl1de present, (2) the Environmental Protection Agency's release limits for radibnuclides, (3) how retardation processes such as solubility and sorptlon affect radionuclide transport, and (4) the physical and chemical forms of radionuclides In the waste. Three types of waste were reviewed: spent fuel, high-level waste, and defense high-level waste. Conditions specific to the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations project potential site at Yucca Mountain were used todescribe radionuclide transport. The actinides Am, Pu, Np, and U were Identified as the waste elements for which solubility and sorption data were most urgently needed. Other Important waste elements were identified as Sr, Cs, C, N1, Zr, Tc, Th, Ra, and Sn. Under some conditions, rad1onucl1des of three elements (C, Tc, and I) may have high solubility and negligible sorption. The potential for transport of some waste elements (C and I) In the gas phase must also be evaluated for the Yucca Mountain Site.

An Assessment of the important radionuclides in Nuclear Waste
J.F. Kerrisk
October 1985
Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos New Mexico

http://www.iaea.org/inis/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/17/037/17037123.pdf

Fukushima proved to the world that the USA is too drugged out and dumb to do anything to prevent population destruction due to "accidental" radiocative incidents.

The Russians are using the west coast as a dumping ground for radioactive waste while the west coastwaters become the killing ground for all life forms.

We need to put a few floating nuclear waste generators on their doorstep as well.

Wales continue to die off in the Pacific Ocean

http://www.fukushimawatch.com/fukushimawatch/whales.html

[ptsal]

We need one in ANWR to pump the oil.

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The irony of it all: using a ruskie nuke to pump the oil.

It could even be used to keep the sea lanes open for the Northern Passage.

[marktwain]

The Japanese offered a remote Alaska community a small nuclear electricity plant to test.

The greenies went bonkers and the town refused the offer of free electricity.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Go have another cup of coffee. You are being rather dramatic and hyperbolic this morning.

[dynoman]

Fukushima wasn’t a technology fail, it was a location fail. What happened there wouldn’t have happened at a location 100 feet in elevation higher. I can’t believe that location was ever approved for a nuclear power plant.

[mac_truck]

The entire west coast of north america is already a kill zone due to the Fukushima ongoing contamination.

That sounds kinda wacky...plus that whale in the photo didn't die from radiation.

[Lurker]

“A floating nuclear power plant can release a steady stream of toxic, radioactive waste directly into the ocean.”

The United States Navy has had floating nuclear plants for decades.

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[BobL]

“A floating nuclear power plant can release a steady stream of toxic, radioactive waste directly into the ocean.”

I guess anything’s possible, but somehow our land-based nukes don’t do that.

[ptsal]

Is there a link to the story? I like reading about that kind of material.

[cymbeline]

“The United States Navy has had floating nuclear plants for decades”

I was thinking the same thing. Hasn’t at least one nuclear sub sunk?

Vaguely related: I read the other day that nuclear subs have a disadvantage in that they can’t be made real quiet because the pumps for the reactor must be kept running and their noise can be picked up by sonar.

Also have read that we’re making non-nuclear subs again that are really quiet.

[Carriage Hill]

http://gcaptain.com/russias-first-floating-nuclear-power-plant-arrives-in-the-arctic/

[marktwain]

Here is the link to the Japanese offer to Galena, Alaska:

http://www.powermag.com/cold-fission/

[nuke_road_warrior]

A floating nuclear power plant can release a steady stream of toxic, radioactive waste directly into the ocean

Interesting choice of language there. Implying that because it can happen it will happen. Short of an accident, Nuclear plants don't "release a steady stream of toxic, radioactive waste." The high level waste is contained within the fuel elements, and stored on site until placed in a permanent repository, or recycled to recover the unburned fuel. The U.S. Navy has operated floating nuclear power plant since the 1950s without any accidents. While I do have questions about Russian quality control, here is nothing inherently dangerous about floating nuclear plants.

The addition of the photo of a dead whale on an unknown beach, with no supporting information regarding cause of death, is a nice touch. In fact, the real effects of the Fukushima accident have been localized to the area around the plant. Yes, radioactive material has been detected on our west coast, but well below the concentration of concern.

Nuclear power is one of the safest and cleanest forms of electrical production.