Russia to build world's first floating nuclear power station
{{date|June 16, 2006}}

[[Russia]] has chosen the remote town of {{w|Severodvinsk|Severodvinsk}} along Russia's northern White Sea coastlines for the world's first floating nuclear power station.

The station will float on a river flowing through the town and into the {{w|White Sea|White Sea}}. The plant will look like a 10-storey building and weigh 21,000 tonnes. In five years it'll generate enough electricity for 200,000 people.  The cost will be $336m[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5080732.stm].

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==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/06/14/npp.shtml
|title=First Contract to Build Floating Nuclear Power Plant Signed in Russia
|author=|pub= MosNews|date=June 14, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2006/s1610853.htm
|title=Russia and China plan to build floating nuclear power station
|author=Emma Griffiths
|pub=Australian Broadcasting Corporation
|date=June 14, 2006}}

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[[Category:Russia]]
[[Category:Energy]]
[[Category:Europe]]
[[Category:Nuclear power]]
Russia has chosen the remote town of Severodvinsk along Russia's northern White Sea coastlines for the world's first floating nuclear power station.

The station will float on a river flowing through the town and into the White Sea. The plant will look like a 10-storey building and weigh 21,000 tonnes. In five years it'll generate enough electricity for 200,000 people.  The cost will be $336m.
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