{"id":6103,"date":"2018-05-03T07:25:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T19:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/?p=6103"},"modified":"2025-06-05T07:34:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:34:26","slug":"5-reasons-why-a-floating-nuclear-power-plant-in-the-arctic-is-a-terrible-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/5-reasons-why-a-floating-nuclear-power-plant-in-the-arctic-is-a-terrible-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"5 reasons why a floating nuclear power plant in the Arctic is a terrible idea"},"content":{"rendered":"

This enormous monstrosity is the world\u2019s first purpose-built floating nuclear power plant. \u00a0It\u2019s now bound for the Arctic.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The \u201cAkademik Lomonosov\u201d \u2013 the world\u2019s first purpose-built floating nuclear power plant \u00a9 Nicolai Gontar \/ Greenpeace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

No, we\u2019re not joking. No, this isn\u2019t science fiction. This is really happening.<\/p>\n

Rosatom, the Russian state-controlled nuclear giant, is launching the \u201cAkademik Lomonosov\u201d, the first of its kind, into the world. It\u2019s currently being towed through the Baltic sea, where it will go all around Scandinavia to Murmansk, to be fuelled and tested, before it heads off on a 5,000 km journey through the Arctic. They plan on building and\u00a0selling more plants<\/a>\u00a0like these to other countries, like China, Indonesia, and Sudan.<\/p>\n

We\u00a0already know the risks<\/a>\u00a0of drilling for oil in such a wild and fragile region, but a floating nuclear reactor could be even worse. Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n

1. It\u2019s a catastrophe waiting to happen<\/h4>\n

\"Artist's<\/p>\n

Nuclear reactors bobbing around the Arctic Ocean pose a shockingly obvious threat to this wild and fragile environment.<\/p>\n

Rosatom\u00a0has said<\/a>\u00a0that the plant \u201cis designed with the [sic] great margin of safety that exceeds all possible threats and makes nuclear reactors invincible for tsunamis and other natural disasters.\u201d Remember\u00a0the last time<\/a>\u00a0a ship was called \u2018unsinkable\u2019?<\/p>\n

Nothing is invincible. The problem is that this nuclear titanic has been constructed\u00a0without any independent experts checking it<\/a>. In\u00a0Chernobyl<\/a>, there was a similar\u00a0lack of oversight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This plant\u2019s flat-bottomed hull makes it particularly vulnerable to tsunamis and cyclones.\u00a0A large wave can pitch the power station onto the coast. It also can\u2019t move by itself. If it comes loose from its moorings, it can\u2019t move away from a threat (an iceberg or a foreign vessel, for example) increasing the risk of a deadly incident. A collision could damage its vital functions and lead to a loss of power and damage its cooling function, and that could lead to a release of radioactive substances into the environment.<\/p>\n

2. Imagine how hard it will be to deal with the consequences<\/h4>\n
\"Chernobyl<\/p>\n

Activists plant two thousand crosses to commemorate the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster \u00a9 Francesco Alesi \/ Greenpeace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

There are so many things that could go wrong here: it could flood, or sink, or run aground. All of these scenarios could potentially lead to radioactive substances being leaked into the environment.<\/p>\n

In the case of a collapse, the core will be cooled by the surrounding seawater. While this seems like a good idea, when melting fuel rods come into with seawater, it will first lead to a seawater explosion and potential hydrogen explosions that will spread a large amount of radioactive isotopes into the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

A damaged reactor could contaminate much of the marine wildlife in the near vicinity. That means that fish stocks could be contaminated for years to come. A radioactive Arctic is not a pretty scenario. The areas around Fukushima and Chernobyl are already difficult to clean up; imagine the polar night, deep sub-zero temperatures and Arctic storms.<\/p>\n

3. The terrible track record of nuclear ships, icebreakers and submarines<\/h4>\n
\"Anti-nuclear<\/p>\n

Anti-nuclear protest in Manila \u00a9 Alanah Torralba \/ Greenpeace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

There is very very long list of incidents and accidents with existing nuclear submarines and icebreakers.<\/p>\n

The very first nuclear icebreaker, Lenin, had a cooling accident in 1965, resulting in a partial meltdown of the core. The damaged radioactive core was dumped in the Tsivolki Bay near the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in 1967. In 1970 the reactor of a nuclear submarine (K-320) started up by itself at Krasnoye Sormovo wharf in Russia, releasing large amounts of radiation and causing hundreds of people to be exposed. An accident during fuel loading of the reactor of a nuclear submarine in Chazma in 1985 irradiated 290 workers leading to 10 casualties and 49 people injured. The list goes on\u2026<\/p>\n

Rosatom\u2019s plans to build a fleet of floating nuclear power stations means an unprecedented increase of the risk of nuclear incidents and accidents in the Arctic.<\/p>\n

4. A nuclear dumping ground on water<\/h4>\n
\"Barrels<\/p>\n

Barrels of nuclear waste \u00a9 Bernd Hoff \/ Greenpeace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

We already have more nuclear waste than we know what to do with. We don\u2019t need any more.<\/p>\n

The reactors on this plant are smaller than conventional land based nuclear plants and will need refuelling every two to three years. The nuclear waste will be stored onboard until it returns after 12 designated years of operation. That means that radioactive waste will be left floating around in the Arctic for years at a time.<\/p>\n

Not only is this incredibly risky, there is still\u00a0nowhere secure<\/a>\u00a0for the spent fuel to be transported to once it\u2019s on land. No power source should create waste that takes milennia to be safe.<\/p>\n

5. It\u2019s using nuclear power to help extract more fossil fuels<\/h4>\n
\"Statoil<\/p>\n

Statoil oil rig in the Arctic \u00a9 Christian \u00c5slund \/ Greenpeace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As if this floating nightmare wasn\u2019t absurd enough, the reason it\u2019s being towed to the Arctic is to help Russia dig for more fossil fuels. The main reason it exists is to provide northern\u00a0oil, gas, coal and mineral extraction industries<\/a>\u00a0industries with power.<\/p>\n

And we don\u2019t need to repeat the reasons why\u00a0more fossil fuels are terrible news<\/a>\u00a0for the climate. We just need to\u00a0protect the Arctic<\/a>\u00a0from this potential disaster.<\/p>\n

Jan Haverkamp is a nuclear energy and energy policy consultant with Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe<\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t

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