After years of secrecy surrounding the Akademik Lomonosov, Russia’s controversial floating nuclear power plant, Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, invited Norwegian journalists and Bellona general manager to have a look at it at sea. At present, the floating plant is being towed through the waters off Norway’s west coast on its way to Murmansk, where it will be loaded with its nuclear fuel. The plant pulled out of St. Petersburg last week, where it has been under construction for nearly ten years, towed by tug boats.
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