Floating Nuclear Power Plant Seized By Court

An anonymous reader writes "The world's first nuclear barge has been impounded while still under construction — but not because of looming safety or environmental concerns. The shipyard's parent companies are embroiled in bankruptcy proceedings, and Russia's state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, was worried that a creditor would end up with this valuable nuclear asset, and asked the bankruptcy court to seize the barge to protect it."

Comments

Siezed?

[cepler]

Siezed? O RLY? Maybe Seazed! Or...maybe.... Seized!

Time for your head to explode.

[blair1q]

From TFA:

In 2009, Rosatom announced plans to send a fleet of floating nuclear power stations to the Arctic, where they could power deep-sea drilling for oil and gas.

There's so much wrong in that meme that I'm going to have to go lie down and hope I forget it happened.

Re:Time for your head to explode.

[Arancaytar]

What's wrong with that? It combines the impressive safety of nuclear fission with the emission-free awesomeness of fossil fuels AND the completely non-existent risk of an oil spill polluting an entire ocean. Best of three worlds!

Re:Pretty crazy idea anyway

[avandesande]

The ironic thing is that they could have possibly anchored this off the coast of Japan and prevented the meltdown.

Re:Not nuclear, just a barge

[Chris Burke]

People will argue about nearly anything, or brutally shoehorn [politically-charged-topic] into any discussion.

No, we won't! That's exactly the kind of stupidity I'd expect from the pro-offshore-drilling astroturfers, though.