Tender Launched for Dedicated Shipyard for Russia's Murmansk Floating Nuclear Power Plant

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 4, Energoflot Murmansk, a subsidiary of Russia's state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, launched a tender for a contractor to build a dedicated shipyard for the Murmansk floating nuclear power plant, with an estimated project value of 65 billion rubles (approximately 700 million euros). The new shipyard will be located on the eastern shore of Kola Bay in Murmansk, north of Atomflot, Russia's nuclear-powered icebreaker base. Construction is planned to begin in 2027, and the facility will primarily handle outfitting, final assembly, and dry-docking operations for floating nuclear power units.

According to the tender documents, the procurement scope includes construction site preparation, equipment installation, commissioning of utility systems, and the construction of plant roads and a dedicated railway connection line. The project will also include dedicated dry-docking facilities for floating nuclear power units to meet the subsequent maintenance and repair needs of large floating energy equipment. The figure of 65 billion rubles is the estimated amount disclosed in the project tender documents.

The new shipyard in Murmansk will serve Russia's floating nuclear power unit construction program. Russia's first floating nuclear power plant, the Akademik Lomonosov, has been in commercial operation since 2020 in Pevek, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far East. A second floating nuclear power unit is currently being outfitted at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg, and three additional units are under development. The relevant hulls are planned to be built in China, while the nuclear reactors and power generation equipment will be installed in Russia.

The additional units are planned for deployment to Pevek to supply power to the Baimsky copper-gold mining and processing complex currently under development. The mining area is located approximately 400 kilometers from the coast. The new shipyard will undertake subsequent outfitting and maintenance tasks for floating nuclear power units, and the project construction will also utilize Murmansk's existing port and railway infrastructure.