Russia Building Floating Nuclear Power Plant

A couple of weeks ago in my Ecology of Fishes course, we were given a handout of an article about how Russia was planning on building a floating nuclear plant. To me this raises many concerns, such as what will happen if there is an accident and nuclear waste will get into the oceans. A catastrophge at sea is avery real possibility as they would be using weapon grade uranium to generate electricity. The one key beneift to this would be the ability to provide remote regions with energy for their coastal communities; however I believe that the risk is just to hight to take.I agree that the concept is amazing as the new ship would be anchored along any coastline where there is no threat of a tsunami or hurricane and all that would have to be done is attach a few cables and done. As well many countries have already expressed interest in this new technology such as China, India, Indonesia, and states in the Persian Gulf.The environmental group Green Cross Russia not only believes that it is a danger to the worlds oceans, but also not in line with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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