Russia’s first sea-borne nuclear power plant arrives at its Arctic base
The plant could be providing power to Pevek by the end of the year.

MOSCOW — Russia’s first-floating nuclear power plant has arrived to its permanent base near the isolated Russian town of Pevek, on the Chukchi Sea across the Bering Strait from Alaska, Russian state nuclear energy company Rosatom said on Saturday.
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