Russia builds RITM-200 reactor unit for floating nuclear plant fleet

Russia builds RITM-200 reactor unit for floating nuclear plant fleet

The Machine Building division of Rosatom, the Russian state-owned nuclear energy company, has completed construction of a 58 MWe capacity reactor unit. This is the first of the two reactors that will go into the construction of the first unit of Russia’s ambitious plan to build a floating nuclear power fleet.  As countries look to secure their energy future by shifting away from fossil fuels, they are increasingly moving towards nuclear fission …