KLT-40 reactor
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The KLT-40 and KLT-40M reactors are nuclear fission
reactors
used to power the Taymyr-class icebreakers (KLT-40M, 171 MW) and the LASH carrier
Sevmorput
(KLT-40, 135 MW). They are pressurized water reactor
s (PWR) fueled by either 30–40 % or 90 %90 % according to information provided to Norwegian government in 1990, 30–40 % according to Bellona Foundation
citing communication with Murmansk Shipping Company. (Diakov, Anatoli C. et al.) enriched
uranium-235
fuel to produce 135 to 171 MW of thermal power.
The KLT-40S variant is used in the Russian floating nuclear power station
Akademik Lomonosov
.
Nuclear fission
In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fission is a nuclear reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts , often producing free neutrons and photons , and releasing a tremendous amount of energy...
reactors
Nuclear reactor
A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are used for generating electricity and for the propulsion of ships. Usually heat from nuclear fission is passed to a working fluid , which runs through turbines that power either ship's...
used to power the Taymyr-class icebreakers (KLT-40M, 171 MW) and the LASH carrier
Lighter Aboard Ship
The lighter aboard ship system refers to the practice of loading barges aboard a larger vessel for transport. It was developed in response to a need to transport lighters, a type of unpowered barge, between inland waterways separated by open seas...
Sevmorput
Sevmorput
Sevmorput is a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaking LASH carrier and container ship. Delivered in 1988 and named after the Northern Sea Route , she is the last of only four nuclear-powered cargo ships ever built and the only one still operating on nuclear power.- Development and construction :The...
(KLT-40, 135 MW). They are pressurized water reactor
Pressurized water reactor
Pressurized water reactors constitute a large majority of all western nuclear power plants and are one of three types of light water reactor , the other types being boiling water reactors and supercritical water reactors...
s (PWR) fueled by either 30–40 % or 90 %90 % according to information provided to Norwegian government in 1990, 30–40 % according to Bellona Foundation
Bellona Foundation
The Bellona Foundation is a multi-disciplinary international environmental NGO based in Oslo, Norway. Founded in 1986 by Frederic Hauge and Rune Haaland as a direct action protest group, it has since blossomed into a recognized technology and solution-oriented environmental champion with offices on...
citing communication with Murmansk Shipping Company. (Diakov, Anatoli C. et al.) enriched
Enriched uranium
Enriched uranium is a kind of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 has been increased through the process of isotope separation. Natural uranium is 99.284% 238U isotope, with 235U only constituting about 0.711% of its weight...
uranium-235
Uranium-235
- References :* .* DOE Fundamentals handbook: Nuclear Physics and Reactor theory , .* A piece of U-235 the size of a grain of rice can produce energy equal to that contained in three tons of coal or fourteen barrels of oil. -External links:* * * one of the earliest articles on U-235 for the...
fuel to produce 135 to 171 MW of thermal power.
The KLT-40S variant is used in the Russian floating nuclear power station
Russian floating nuclear power station
Floating nuclear power stations are vessels projected by Rosatom that present self-contained, low-capacity, floating nuclear power plants...
Akademik Lomonosov
Akademik Lomonosov
Akademik Lomonosov is a non-self-propelled vessel to be operate as the first Russian floating nuclear power station. The ship was named after Academician Mikhail Lomonosov.-History:...
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