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Conference Article: Operational experience with propulsion nuclear plants

Abstract

Russia possesses a powerful icebreaker transport fleet which offers a solution for important socio-economic tasks of the country’s northern regions by maintaining a year-round navigation along the Arctic Sea route. The total operating record of the propulsion nuclear reactors till now exceeds 150 reactor-years, their main equipment items operating life amounted to 120,OOOh. Progressive design-constructional solutions being perfected continuously during 40 years of nuclear-powered ships creation in Russia and well proven technology of all components used in the marine nuclear reactors give grounds to recommend marine NSSSs of KLT-40 type as energy sources for heat and power co-generation plants and sea water desalination complexes, particularly as floating installations. Co-generation stations are considered for deployent in the extreme north of Russia. Nuclear floating desalination complexes can be used for drinkable water production in coastal regions of Northern Africa, the Near East, India etc.

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Reference:

Advisory group meeting on small power and heat generation systems on the basis of propulsion and innovative reactor technologies. Obninsk (Russian Federation) 20-24 Jul 1998

International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)

IAEA-TECDOC--1172, pp:18-27