The Akademik Lomonosov is a 140-meter (459-foot) long towed platform that carries two 35-megawatt nuclear reactors. The plant is meant to provide power for Chukotka, replacing the Bilibino nuclear ...

A floating nuclear power plant has reached a new milestone: it generated one billion kilowatt-hours of energy for the Russian Arctic region over five years as scientists race to advance the ...

Originally intended as the northern shipyard in Severodvinsk in the Russian Northwest region, the plant has been relocated to Pevek to substitute the obsolete Bilibino Nuclear Power Station. Akademik ...

The floating nuclear power plant annually increases production, which indicates the station's readiness to carry the necessary load even after the decommissioning of the Bilibino NPP at the end of ...

Originally planned for deployment at the Sevmash shipyard in the Russian Northwest, the vessel was then moved to Pevek in the Far East to replace the Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant, which was ...

Firstly, it is a replacement of the outgoing capacities of the Bilibino NPP, which has been operating ... of hard-to-reach and isolated territories using low-power nuclear power plants (ASMM – Atomnoi ...

Arizona already has one of the largest nuclear power plants in the nation and more might be coming — though possibly in smaller form and years down the road. In an unusual joint announcement on Feb. 5 ...

NextEra Energy has taken the first steps to open the Duane Arnold power plant, Iowa’s only nuclear power plant, by late 2028. Duane Arnold operated in Palo, Iowa, from 1974 until 2020, when a derecho, ...

The federal government hopes former coal towns will help the nuclear industry grow, by taking on the decades-long challenge ...

Nearly 80 percent of municipalities within 30 kilometers of 15 nuclear power plants across Japan have a lower proportion of earthquake-resistant homes than the national average, a survey found.

The breach at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was dangerous for many reasons, mainly because it jeopardized the safety of the protective shell covering Reactor No. 4.Credit... Supported by By ...