Floating Nuclear Power Plants

Floating Nuclear Power Plants: Proliferation on the High Seas? Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) 2013 Fall Conference

JERRY SERGEI DAVYDOV RESEARCH ASSOCIATE JAMES MARTIN CENTER FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES

Background Company

Role

JSC Rosatom

Project Customer/Investor

JSC Afrkinatov OKBM

Designed of Reactor Plant

RRC Kurchatov Institute

Scientific Supervisor of Reactor Plant Design

JSC Atomenergo

Designer of Coastal Facilities

JSC Kalouzkshy Turbine Plant

Designer of Turbine

JSC TsKB Iceberg

Designer – FPU

Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute

Scientific Supervisor of FPU Design

JSC Balitiysky Zavod

FPU Builder

History

USS Sturgis

Purpose & Placement  1) the provision of heating

and electricity to the remote northern and eastern regions of the country

 2) power for mineral and

energy resource extraction

 3) the provisions of power

or desalination capability to developing countries through FNPP export

FNPP Design & Layout

Proliferation Risk?

Export / Lease Structure

Construction

Operation

Transport

Fuel Supply

Servicing

Energy

Decommissioning

Waste

Build Own Operate

Fuel & Fueling

Uranium Enrichment

~14.%

U-235 Inventory, kg

179

Uranium Inventory, kg

1273

Operation without refueling

3 - 4 years

Overhaul

every 12 years

Operating cycle

3 x 12 years

Nonproliferation Regime Concerns  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)  Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)  Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons

(NPT)

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