One year has passed since the floating power unit Akademik Lomonosov arrived to Pevek.

On October 7, 2020, the town of Pevek (Chukotka AR) celebrated its one-year anniversary of the floating power unit’s (FPU) arrival to its port. The Akademik Lomonosov FPU operates as a part of the floating nuclear thermal power plant (FNPP, a project of the Rosatom State Atomiс Energy Corporation).

During the previous year, a number of measures aimed at developing urban infrastructure and improving living standards have been taken at the site, and the nuclear company’s executives have backed up these measures. For example, JSC Rosenergoatom has been a contributor to the 45-million-ruble funding for the reconstruction of the Pevek cinema theater and the Chaunski Regional Museum buildings, as well as for cultural and educational projects. More than 20 million rubles were allocated to equip the Pevek hospital. Five million rubles were allocated to help low-income families, as well as to refurbish playgrounds and kindergartens.

Among other causes, a considerable sum has been contributed to the socio-economic and infrastructural development of the Pevek urban district. In the nearest future it will be possible to refurbish the seafront, build a sport and recreation center, an indoor hockey rink, and other facilities.

The opening of the Atom-Class in Pevek as a part of the Rosatom School corporate project is scheduled for 2020; this project is backed by the municipal development fund of the Association of the Nuclear Power Plants Locations (the ATR AES Fund). In addition, the Pevek urban district received a 2.8-million-ruble award for three projects that have won the ATR AES Fund social projects contest.

To recap, in June 2020, the floating nuclear thermal power plant provided heat to the 5th district in the town for the first time. All other districts of Pevek are scheduled to connect to the FNPP in 2021. Vitaly Trutnev, Floating Nuclear Thermal Power Plant branch manager at Rosatom, said, “The development of a permanent scheme for the town heat supply from the floating nuclear power plant will be finished in 2021. As a result, in the near future, the FNPP will be able to completely replace the capacity of the obsolete Chaunskaya TPP.”