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Detailed explanation-1: -Russia has launched the worlds first floating nuclear power station Akademik Lomonosov at a ceremony in the port of the far northern city of Murmansk, where it will be loaded with nuclear fuel before heading to eastern Siberia. The 21,500-tonne ship was named after Academician Mikhail Lomonosov.

Detailed explanation-2: -Akademic Lomonosov, the world’s first floating nuclear power plant (NPP), has been fully commissioned in Pevek, Chukotka region in the Russian Far East.

Detailed explanation-3: -The world’s first floating nuclear plant was a 10-megawatt reactor built by the US for its military base at the Panama Canal in the 1960s. At present, Russia is the only country with an operating sea-based nuclear power platform, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct answer is Kudankulam. Kudankulam is India’s newest nuclear power plant.