Nikolai Podlevskikh, Head of Analytical Department of Zerich Capital Management investment company:

 — FNTPP will be extremely useful for remote areas where installation of power lines or delivery of fossil fuels is too expensive.

Baltic Plant OJSC being a part of Consolidated Industrial Corporation (CIC) has launched the first power unit of the future floating nuclear thermal power plant (FNTPP). The floating power unit «Academician Lomonosov» is launched half year before the set time.

Nikolai Podlevskikh, Head of Analytical Department of Zerich Capital Management investment company:

Launch of the main floating power unit of FNTPP will turn a new leaf in the power industry and, in particular, in nuclear power industry. Commencement of FNTPP construction is supposed to open prospects for fundamental modernization of remote regions power infrastructure on the basis of nuclear power; improving energy preparedness of Arctic regions; decrease in deliveries of goods to the Northern Territories and commercial minerals deposits development in the Far North and in the Arctic seas shelf areas. Russia and other countries mean to carry out exploration works in the shelves of Arctic seas. In such conditions floating power units may become indispensable. Floating power units may be used in the future to carry out exploration works in the Arctic seas, on the coast and islands, as well as other sea and floating constructions. (In the USA a nuclear reactor was used for power supply of a polar station in Antarctica).

FNTPP will be extremely useful for remote areas where installation of power lines or delivery of fossil fuels is too expensive. Construction and operation of FNTPP will be much more advantageous than construction and operation of on-land power plants. Carrying out works within limited time frame using FNTPP is especially beneficial. FNTPP may be useful for construction of stationary power installations. For example, large generating capacities are required to supply electric power to the site of Turukhansk HPP to be constructed including a concrete plant, a construction camp, power machines and cranes supply. After construction of the power plant the need for FNTPP for this project will decrease quickly in virtue of a stationary source of electric power. Then FNTPP may be outsailed to another place.

Demand for floating capacities existing in the world considerably depends on the cost of construction of such plants. If the cost of unit of FNTPP capacity does not differ too much from that of stationary plants it will result in the growth of demand. To our opinion there may be effective demand for FNTPP within the range of 4–10 dollars for 1 kWh of installed capacity. That’s why implementation of the first high-quality and not expensive project is very important as well as its proper promotion at international markets.

Demand for FNTPP may appear in the countries with Arctic seas, a great number of isles or large and rivers which are not used for industrial purposes like rivers of Central Africa or Amazon and, ultimately, the states intending to work in Antarctica.